On most drill presses, it is impossible to get the exact speed, but you can come close by adjusting the drive belt on the step-cone pulleys.

On the European stage Roma won an Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1960 – 61, coming close to European Cup victory in 1983 – 84 ( lost the one-legged final played at home against Liverpool after a penalty shootout ), and finishing as runners-up in the UEFA Cup for 1990 – 91 ( two-legged aggregate defeat against Internazionale ).

On Overkirk ’ s right flank, close to Ramillies, ten of his squadrons suddenly broke ranks and were scattered, riding headlong to the rear to recover their order, leaving the left flank of the Allied assault on Ramillies dangerously exposed.

On the evening of 22 June, Nelson's fleet passed the French in the darkness, overtaking the slow invasion convoy without realising how close they were to their target.

On the one hand, Bernard Bolzano ( 1817 ) had been aware that any bounded sequence of points ( in the line or plane, for instance ) has a subsequence that must eventually get arbitrarily close to some other point, called a limit point.

On August 24, the Rockies faced the San Francisco Giants in what ended up being a 14 inning game which lasted close to 5 hours ( 4: 57 ), the second longest game in Rockies history.

On the return of the Beagle ( October 1836 ) Lyell invited Darwin to dinner and from then on they were close friends.

Later, Darwin became a close personal friend, and Lyell was one of the first scientists to support On the Origin of Species, though he did not subscribe to all its contents.

On the pitch, the team had fared little better, coming close to relegation to the Third Division for the first time, but in 1983 manager John Neal put together an impressive new team for minimal outlay.

On 24 March 1995, the Japanese robotic deep-sea probe Kaikō broke the depth record for unmanned probes when it reached close to the surveyed bottom of the Challenger Deep.

The Red Wings kept their design as close as possible, with a few exceptions: On the road ( white ) jersey, there is more red on the sleeves as the color panel begins closer to the shoulder.

On November 16, 2008, the Foreign Minister of Ecuador Maria Isabel Salvador met her counterpart, Pranab Mukherjee, with a close relationship in oil and defence between these geographically distant countries high on the agenda.

On entering a church, Roman Catholics genuflect to the consecrated host in the tabernacle that holds the consecrated host, in order to acknowledge respectfully the presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, a presence to which a red votive candle or sanctuary lamp kept burning close to such a tabernacle draws attention.

On the other hand, there is a close kinship between elves and dwarves, evident already because many dwarves have elvish names, including simple Álfr " elf ", and Alberich " king of elves ".

In 1922, he published his first important scientific work in the Italian journal I Rendiconti dell ' Accademia dei Lincei entitled " On the phenomena occurring near a world line ", where he introduces for the first time the so-called " Fermi coordinates ", and proves that when close to the time line, space behaves as a euclidean one.

On 17 January 1793 Louis was condemned to death for " conspiracy against the public liberty and the general safety " by a close majority in Convention: 361 voted to execute the king, 288 voted against, and another 72 voted to execute him subject to a variety of delaying conditions.

On the other hand, previous models of planetary system formation suggested that gas giants would be inhibited from forming as close to their stars as have many of the new planets that have been observed.

On July 26, 2012, the HBC revealed that it will close in 2013 the majority of the Zellers stores that were not acquired by Target Canada in 2011.

On Earth, the cold side of any heat engine is limited to being close to the ambient temperature of the environment, or not much lower than 300 Kelvin, so most efforts to improve the thermodynamic efficiencies of various heat engines focus on increasing the temperature of the source, within material limits.

On 25 October 1920 the Italian government recognized Sheikh Sidi Idris the hereditary head of the nomadic Senussi, with wide authority in Kufra and other oases, as Emir of Cyrenaica, a new title extended by the British at the close of World War I.

On May 27, 2011, Heinz announced it would close its factory in Girgarre, Victoria and downsize its factories in Northgate ( Brisbane ), and Wagga Wagga, with loss of more than 300 jobs.

On Dürer's death Baldung was sent a lock of his hair, which suggests a close friendship.

On January 6, 2010, GM CEO Ed Whitacre said he hopes to close the deal with Tengzhong by the end of January 2010.

Jarmusch's distinctive aesthetic and auteur status fomented a critical backlash at the close of this early period, however ; though reviewers praised the charm and adroitness of Mystery Train and Night On Earth, the director was increasingly charged with repetitiveness and risk-aversion.

On obtaining a value that was close to the speed of light as measured by Fizeau, Maxwell concluded that light consists in undulations of the same medium that is the cause of electric and magnetic phenomena.

On September 23, 2007, Milton Bradley tore his right ACL while being restrained by Padres manager Bud Black during an altercation with first base umpire Mike Winters.

On April 30, 1988, during a home game against the New York Mets, with two out in the top of the ninth inning umpire Dave Pallone made a safe at first call that allowed what would become the eventual game-winning run to score.

* On June 2, 2010, Armando Galarraga of the Tigers was charged with a single when first-base umpire Jim Joyce incorrectly ruled Jason Donald of the Cleveland Indians safe on an infield grounder.

On August 15, 2012, Hunter was sliding home when he accidentally slashed umpire Greg Gibson by his left eye with his metal cleats.

* On May 28, 2009, Minnesota Twins catcher Mike Redmond was ejected from a game in Minneapolis against the Boston Red Sox after disputing umpire Todd Tichenor's call on a close play at home plate.

On September 27, 1996, during a game against the Blue Jays, Alomar got into a heated argument over a called third strike with umpire John Hirschbeck and spat in his face.

On any question, the head umpire has the final call.

On July 7, 2009, Paul O ' Neill was inducted into the Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame ( 18 W. 33rd St. inside Foley's NY Pub & Restaurant ) in New York City along with longtime Los Angeles Dodgers owner Walter O ' Malley, broadcaster Vin Scully, former player Steve Garvey, umpire Jim Joyce, and blind sports reporter Ed Lucas.

On May 11, 2012, Hinske was ejected by umpire Mike Muchlinski after Muchlinski ruled that Hinske had not checked his swing and was out on strikes.

On the third offence, the umpire will eject the bowler from the attack and the bowler may not bowl again for the remainder of the innings.

On September 15, 1977, in Toronto, Weaver asked umpire Springstead to have a tarpaulin covering the Toronto Blue Jays bullpen area removed ; the tarp was weighed down by bricks and Weaver argued that his left fielder could be injured if he ran into the bricks while chasing a foul ball.

On the Major League level, an umpiring crew generally rotates positions clockwise each game ; for example, the plate umpire in one game would umpire third base in the next.

On seeing the interference, umpire Roscoe Badger shouted " Foul!

On June 18, 2005, veteran Intercounty umpire Joe Serratore was married to bride Bren Ferguson at home plate before 200 friends and family members, with United Church minister Reverend Susan Eagle ( who's also a member of London city council ) officiating.

On April 1, 2008 Bowa, was thrown out in the second game of the season due to arguing with an umpire about standing out of the coaches box ( he eventually threw a watercooler in the dugout ).

alt = On a cricket field, a batsman ducks under the ball, watched by the man who had bowled the ball, another batsman and an umpire.

On April 24,, with the score tied 2-2 in the 7th inning between his Giants and the Boston Beaneaters ‚ Welch got into an argument with umpire McDermott, an argument that resulted in the umpire declaring the game forfeited to host Boston.

A few weeks after ejecting pitcher Bob Shaw due to an argument about balks, Barlick called Fred Fleig, the secretary of the National League, and said, “ I'm fed up with the whole thing and I am going to quit and go home .” On June 17, 1963, league president Warren Giles announced that there had been a " misunderstanding ," and that Barlick would relax at his home for a few days, and then rejoin his umpire crew.

On September 16, 1899, in a game against the Brooklyn Superbas, umpire Ed Swartwood called the game because of darkness with Brooklyn up by two runs.

* On October 9, 1996, Jeffrey Maier became well loved in New York but hated in Baltimore over spectator interference that was not called by the umpire.

On one such instance, the umpire David Constant rejected an appeal against Younis Ahmed, saying that he thought the appeal was not serious.

On September 2, 2003, while with the Cubs, Alfonseca was thrown out of a game for bumping an umpire with his stomach.