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The Germans also made use of blocking obstacles, erecting a trench and earthen wall to hinder Roman movement along the route of the killing zone.

Recent research by the Imperial College London has focused on finding new cell wall proteins which trigger an immune response and are suitable for use in a vaccine to provide long-term protection against M. tuberculosis.

Modern concrete wall systems use both external insulation and thermal mass to create an energy-efficient building.

The most famous historical account of trebuchet use dates back to the siege of Stirling Castle in 1304, when the army of Edward I constructed a giant trebuchet known as “ Warwolf ”, which then proceeded to “ level a section of wall, successfully concluding the siege .”

In 1507, Martin Waldseemüller produced a globular world map and a large 12-panel world wall map ( Universalis Cosmographia ) bearing the first use of the name " America ".

These doors have an operating range of slightly over 90 degrees, so their use is limited to where they come into contact with a side wall when fully open ( or where they can be prevented from opening too far by a doorstop ).

His use of marble for the exterior curtain wall brought praise from the journal Architectural Forum.

The ruined castle continued to be used as a farm, with the gatehouse as the principal dwelling ; the King's Gate was added to the outer bailey wall during this period for the use of farm workers.

By 1600, the medieval wall is likely to have been seen more as a platform for displaying hangings and the pomery as a gathering ground for the spectators or as a source of building stone and a site for its use.

On April 25, 1507, as a member of the Gymnasium Vosagense at Saint Diey ( German: Sankt Didel ) in the duchy of Lorraine ( today Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France ), he produced a globular world map and a large 12-panel world wall map ( Universalis Cosmographia, both bearing the first use of the name " America ").

One patent cites use of these indicators for wall coating applications for light colored paints.

An example of deliberate mechanical energy storage is the use of logs or boulders as defensive measures in ancient forts — the logs or boulders were collected at the top of a hill or wall, and the energy thus stored used to attack invaders who came within range.

The use of steel allowed the shell wall to be made much thinner and hence allow space for many more bullets.

Simply a pile of decaying leather shoes piled against a bare, gray concrete wall the exhibit relies heavily on the emotional, sensory response the viewer will naturally through this use metonymic technique.

Other more obvious strategies are to keep the returned ball as low on the front wall as possible, keeping the ball moving fast ( limiting reaction time ) and to keep your opponent moving away from center court by the use of lobs, cross court shots, and dinks.

Williams was the first to use the phrase " wall of separation " to describe the relationship of the church and state.

A large Sycamore tree in use as a climbing wall

The constant use of red " lulls audience subliminally " into becoming used to it ; consequently, it leaves the audience unprepared when Lester is shot and his blood spatters on the wall.

The sword could also be laid against the wall, where the ninja could use the sword guard ( tsuba ) to gain a higher foothold.

Pseudopodia ( which translates to " false feet ") are temporary cytoplasm-filled projections of the cell wall that certain eukaryotic cells use for motion or for ingesting nutrients.

These characteristics include the materiality in terms of large stone construction, the repetitive rhythmic use of windows containing various sized arches and barrel vaults directing attention towards them, decorated spandrels ( wall section connecting arches ) and the inclusion of gabled walls ( pointed sections ).

Some of Murdoch's other minor inventions and experiments were: a machine developed in 1784 or 1785 in Cornwall for drilling wooden pipes, ( in 1810 this was further developed and patented for stone pipes ), a steam cannon which he attempted to use in 1803 to knock down a wall at Soho, a steam gun in the same year which fired 3 cm lead bullets, and machinery to grind and compress peat moss under great pressure to produce a material with " the appearance of the finest Jet ".

If the outer glazing has high ultraviolet transmittance, and the window in the trombe wall is normal glass, this allows efficient use of the ultraviolet light for heating.

Early evidence of their use in Britain includes: an equal hour horary quadrant from 1396, in England, a 1445 inscription on the tower of Heathfield Church, Sussex ; a 1448 inscription on a wooden lych-gate of Bray Church, Berkshire ; and a 1487 inscription on the belfry door at Piddletrenthide church, Dorset ; and in Scotland a 1470 inscription on the tomb of the first Earl of Huntly in Elgin Cathedral.

The Springald's frame was more compact, allowing for use inside tighter confines, such as the inside of a castle or tower.

At this stage a small " creeper " crane was installed in each leg, designed to move up the tower as construction progressed and making use of the guides for the elevators which were to be fitted in each leg.

Richmond Hill was decommissioned after the close of 405 line broadcasts, although the 200ft tower remained in use for radio with Manx Radio transmitting on 96. 9 MHz and then 97. 3 MHz until 1989.

The Power Mac brand name was used for Apple's high-end tower style computers, targeted primarily at businesses and creative professionals, in differentiation to their more compact " iMac " line ( intended for home use ) and the " eMac " line ( for the education markets ).

A " conning tower " was a feature of earlier designs: a separate pressure hull above the main body of the boat that allowed the use of shorter periscopes.

Centuries after they were employed in Assyria, the use of the siege tower spread throughout the Mediterranean.

The fort's tower bell was rescued from the remains by Police Constable Jacob Schoenewald and donated for use in the bell tower of St. Joseph's Catholic Church during its construction in 1864.

A variety of materials can be used to construct a typical water tower ; steel and reinforced or prestressed concrete are most often used ( with wood, fiberglass, or brick also in use ), incorporating an interior coating to protect the water from any effects from the lining material.

When a third water tower was built next to the Okemah, Oklahoma set of Hot and Cold towers, the town briefly considered naming it " Running ", but eventually decided to use " Home of Woody Guthrie ".

Sapp Bros. truck stops use a water tower with a handle and spout – looking like a coffee pot – as the company logo.

The upper portion of water is skimmed off the top for everyday use while the water in the bottom of the tower is held in reserve to fight fire.

Many American brandies use fractional distillation in tower stills to perform their distillation.

Technically speaking desktop and tower computers are two different styles of computer case that use desk space in varying ways.

Simply represent the game by an undirected graph, the nodes being distributions of disks and the edges being moves and use breadth first search to find one ( or all ) shortest path ( s ) moving a tower from one peg onto another one.

John Ford's use of Monument Valley as an expressive landscape in his films from Stagecoach ( 1939 ) to Cheyenne Autumn ( 1965 ) " present us with a mythic vision of the plains and deserts of the American West, embodied most memorably in Monument Valley, with its buttes and mesas that tower above the men on horseback, whether they be settlers, soldiers, or Native Americans ".

At the lowest part of the town, by the river, Harvey & Son's Brewery, ' The Cathedral of Lewes ' is an unspoilt nineteenth century tower brewery and is the only one of the town's five original major breweries still in use.

He had four tons of rubbish removed from the crossing tower and the main timbers reinforced ( 1931 – 32 ), and invested in the extensive use of insecticide throughout the wood structures.

Two hypotheses regarding the origins of those names exist: one claims that it refers to a specific way of constructing buildings on boggy ground with additional pile support, which is still in use, while the other says that it is connected with a tower or other defensive structure built on the banks of the Słupia River.

However, the pop-up tower or fixed tower method blocks use of the center of the bottom rack, restricting the size of objects that can fit in the bottom rack.

The tower remains on the mountain today, but is no longer in use as WBTV's primary transmitter.

It was also thought time that the Cathedral invested in its future, by creating a visitor centre within the bell tower, enlarging the peal of bells from eight to ten, and by the ‘ re-construction ’, or completion, of the cathedral cloisters to house the cathedral choir, vestries, an education suite, rooms for parish use, and a refectory, as a reminder of the monastic beginnings.