* U. S. Senate, " Filibuster Derails Supreme Court Appointment.

* November 1992 Hoofddorp-At the same location as above but then two days earlier Train Derails, 3 injuries.

The design of a mechanical interlocking frame is much like a mechanical puzzle, but once understood, the principles can be applied to any track and signal arrangement.

The clicking sounds of mechanical metronomes have sometimes been used to provide a soft rhythm track without using any percussion.

A 34-pin control cable would control the mechanical motions of the drive with pins such as " HD SLCT 0 " through " HD SLCT 3 " used to select one of up to 16 heads ( only four were available on the two-platter ST-506 itself ) and " STEP " / " DIRECTION IN " used to move the heads to the appropriate track.

The disadvantages of tracks are lower top speed, much greater mechanical complexity, and the damage that their all-steel versions cause to what passes beneath them: they are perceived / misconceived to severely damage hard terrain like asphalt pavement, but in actuality, often have significantly lower ground pressures than equivalent or lighter wheeled vehicles, but often cause damage to less firm terrains such as lawns, gravel roads, and farm fields, as the sharp edges of the track easily routs the turf.

A railroad switch, turnout or of points is a mechanical installation enabling railway trains to be guided from one track to another, such as at a railway junction or where a spur or siding branches off.

During the 2012 Daytona 500, during a caution on lap 160, Montoya's car spun out and collided with a track support vehicle with a jet dryer in tow due to a rear suspension mechanical malfunction, causing leaking vapors from the dryer to catch fire, leading to a lengthy red flag.

It worked on almost any surface, and represented a welcome improvement over mechanical mice, which would pick up dirt, track capriciously, invite rough handling, and need to be taken apart and cleaned frequently.

Some may be so keen that they might track a vehicle through its life, knowing for example which fleet numbers it has carried with different owners and when mechanical parts or interior fittings were renewed.

This system differs from a mechanical radar, which must be physically aimed at an object in space to detect and / or track it.

This took him much of the morning, but just when he was ready to hurdle, someone activated the mechanical rabbit, which sped around the track rail, promptly knocking all the makeshift hurdles over.

This allows for almost no rolling resistance of the vehicle and no mechanical wear and tear of the train or track.

* head / track sector skew ( moving the sector numbering forward at side change and track stepping to reduce mechanical delay ),

Each metre-wide track, which used the same basic " contact shoe " and " connector link " design format as the Henschel-built King Tiger had used, had its own electric motor mounted in the rear of the hull ; the tracks had no direct mechanical connection to the internal combustion engine that powered the Maus.

* Railroad switch ( US ), turnout or set of points, a mechanical installation enabling trains to be guided from one railway track to another

The discussion herein covers the term's usage in mechanical applications in which the final stage of the power transmission system is one or more wheels in frictional contact with a roadway or railroad track.

Strip mining is done on softer minerals such as clays and phosphate are removed through use of mechanical shovels, track dozers, and front end loaders.

Purchased for $ 2, 500 at auction ; some wood and track sold in online auctions ; steel track, station, and all mechanical elemants removed in 2008 ; part of track and car donated to Geauga County Historical Society ; Full demolition of coaster took place in July 2012, more than five years after the ride last operated

* The third track, mainly investigated by researchers in the 1950's, is chemical or mechanical methods of removal of O2 produced by the photosynthetic activity of the algal cells.

Soon Williams transferred to the University of California, Berkeley to become a mechanical engineer and he continued to run track.

All had in common that basically the same mechanical components were used as with the Schneider CA, though often improved, and that the suspension was only partially changed: elongated by the addition of an eighth road wheel and using thirty-five instead of thirty-three wider, forty-five centimetres broad, track links.

She sat down and played two slots at once, looking grim, as if bested by mechanical devices, and Owen felt sorry for the lay-sisters depending on her support.

It is part of the field of biomechatronics, the science of using mechanical devices with human muscle, skeleton, and nervous systems to assist or enhance motor control lost by trauma, disease, or defect.

Evans's mill used a leather belt bucket elevator, screw conveyors, canvas belt conveyors, and other mechanical devices to completely automate the process of making flour.

He compiled a survey of mirror configurations in his work on remarkable mechanical devices which was known to Arab mathematicians such as Ibn al-Haytham.

These engines comprise specialised devices which use some form of stored energy to operate, whether mechanical, chemical, or electromagnetic.

The telescopic motion ability of inner shells and their unique mechanical properties permit to use multi-walled nanotubes as main movable arms in coming nanomechanical devices.

The book described 50 mechanical devices in 6 categories, including water clocks.

Most hydroxyapatite ceramics are very porous and lack mechanical strength, and are used to coat metal orthopedic devices to aid in forming a bond to bone or as bone fillers.

Real time systems are designed to control mechanical devices such as industrial robots, which require timely processing.

The 1972 science fiction novel Cyborg, by Martin Caidin, told the story of a man whose damaged body parts are replaced by mechanical devices (" bionics ").

Very light crossbows can be drawn by hand, but heavier types need the help of mechanical devices.

Later on, previous to modern power electronics, process control systems for industrial applications were devised by mechanical engineers using pneumatic and hydraulic control devices, many of which are still in use today.

Advances in mechanical devices such as the printing press, quadrant and vernier, allowed for the mass production of maps and the ability to make accurate reproductions from more accurate data.

At one time, Pressman Toys manufactured a product called Domino Rally that contained tiles and mechanical devices for setting up toppling exhibits.

Piezoelectric devices are used for power generation from mechanical strain, particularly in power harvesting.

In modern usage, the term is used to describe devices capable of performing mechanical work, as in the original steam engine.

Armstrong showed an interest in electrical and mechanical devices, particularly trains, from an early age.

A traditional unit of measure used with rotating mechanical devices is revolutions per minute, abbreviated RPM.

Scottish inventor Alexander Bain worked on chemical mechanical fax type devices and in 1846 was able to reproduce graphic signs in laboratory experiments.

Cardano invented several mechanical devices including the combination lock, the gimbal consisting of three concentric rings allowing a supported compass or gyroscope to rotate freely, and the Cardan shaft with universal joints, which allows the transmission of rotary motion at various angles and is used in vehicles to this day.

Aside from written numerals, the first aids to computation were purely mechanical devices which required the operator to set up the initial values of an elementary arithmetic operation, then manipulate the device to obtain the result.

Hero of Alexandria ( c. 10 – 70 AD ) made many complex mechanical devices including automata and a programmable cart.

Other early versions of mechanical devices used to perform one or another type of calculations include the planisphere and other mechanical computing devices invented by Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī ( c. AD 1000 ); the equatorium and universal latitude-independent astrolabe by Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī ( c. AD 1015 ); the astronomical analog computers of other medieval Muslim astronomers and engineers ; and the astronomical clock tower of Su Song ( c. AD 1090 ) during the Song Dynasty.