Due to the reduction in the number of electrical items the wiring loom was reduced in complexity which saved weight and also the battery was replaced with a smaller one, again reducing weight.

Firing through a single barrel saved the expense and weight of having the multiple barrels of the pepper-box.

This saved a large amount of weight in cables and connectors.

This reduced dome weight from an estimated to ; a further was saved in the construction process.

The weight saved was transferred to the front, which had a face-hardened appliqué steel plate welded ( later bolted ) to the glacis — in total, frontal armor was now thick.

However, the gangsters mistakenly used a block of wood as a weight, and thus Tintin and Snowy are saved by what is ostensibly a police patrol boat.

However, the weight of a large quantity of the heavier and more complex spigot projectiles offsets the weight saved due to the spigot mortar being lighter than a conventional mortar.

As the trapdoor opens, however, he is saved by his own greed: the subcontractor he used to build the gallows used balsa wood, rather than the promised mahogany, and the entire gallows collapses under Alan's weight.

The use of a common bulkhead saved 3. 6 tonnes in weight.

Designed by Daimler-Benz's chief developing engineer, Rudolf Uhlenhaut, the metal skeleton saved weight while still providing a high level of strength.

" This saved considerable weight and bulk in a time in which both were hard to manage in a combat zone.

This saved about ten tons of structural weight.

The use of aluminium in the body alone saved nearly 200 kg in weight over the steel equivalent while the aluminium suspension saved an additional 20 kg ; a suspension compliance pivot helped maintain wheel alignment changes at a near zero value.

An estimated — about 4 % of a Valiant's total shipping weight — was saved with the of aluminum parts.

Although the Mercedes-Benz SL-Class has more assistance systems on-board than its predecessor and therefore does actually sacrifice some of the weight saved through the aluminium bodyshell, the scales show some better figures: the SL 500 ( 1. 785 kg ) weighs around 125 kilograms less and the SL 350 ( 1. 685 kg ) is 140 kilograms lighter than its predecessor.

The glow-ignition variety of model engine, because it no longer required an onboard battery, ignition coil, ignition points and capacitor that a spark ignition model engine required, saved valuable weight and allowed model aircraft to have better flight performance.

The piano had its harp plate made of aluminum, that saved about 100 kg of weight versus a regular cast iron plate of the same size piano.

Some of the weight was saved by reducing the armor on the gun mount itself.

Further weight was saved by the use of carbon fiber for the driveshafts, sumpguard, and lower arms of the suspension, and fiberglass for the hood ( bonnet ), tailgate, door skins, fenders, bumpers and spoilers, resulting in a final weight of less than, lighter than the Audi Quattro.

Further weight was saved by using a rubber bag fuel tank ... lighter electrical equipment and thinner gauge steel for some of the chassis tubes ... he most significant change to the cars was the to disc brakes.

( Even granted that the Congo should be unified, you don't protect Western security by first removing the pro-Western weight from the power equilibrium.

However, Af adsorbs water from the atmosphere and this may account for the low chromium analysis and high total weight loss.

William Beebe reports 26 inches and 2.4 ounces ( this snake must have been emaciated ) for the length and the weight of a young anaconda from British Guiana.

In contrast, Ditmars recorded the average length of seventy-two young of a 19-foot female as 38 inches, and four young were born in London at a length of 35 or 36 inches and a weight of from 14 to 16 ounces.

At the present time we do not know by what biochemical mechanism TSH acts on the thyroid, but for bio-assay of the hormone there are a number of properties by which its activity may be estimated, including release of iodine from the thyroid, increase in thyroid weight, increase in mean height of the follicular cells and increase in the thyroidal uptake of Af.

Final ratings were made on the basis of a point system which was developed after studying the distributions of actual behaviors recorded and assigning weight values to each type of behavior that was deviant from the discovered norms.

He pulled it over, climbed up, and lifted out the big volume, almost losing his balance from the weight of it.

Scientists assume that cholesterol ( from the Greek chole, meaning bile, and sterios, meaning solid ) is somehow necessary for the formation of brain cells, since it accounts for about 2% of the brain's total solid weight.

But tonight his drink tasted like branch water and even his favorite meal of steak and tossed salad gave no surcease from the growing weight of the letter in his pocket.

This central charge would thus be approximately half the atomic weight ( though it was almost 25 % off the figure for the atomic number in gold ( Z = 79, A = 197 ), the single element from which Rutherford made his guess ).

He decreased the silver purity of the denarius from 89 % to 83. 5 % — the actual silver weight dropping from 2. 88 grams to 2. 68 grams.

Upon his accession he reduced the silver purity of the denarius from 46. 5 % to 43 % — the actual silver weight dropping from 1. 41 grams to 1. 30 grams ; however, in 229 he revalued the denarius, increasing the silver purity and weight to 45 % and 1. 46 grams respectively.

In any case the vests were abandoned by many soldiers due to their weight on long marches as well as the stigma they got for being cowards from their fellow troops.

The combined weight of the adrenal glands in an adult human ranges from 7 to 10 grams.

Critical reaction to the film was mostly negative, with much being made of Taylor's wildly fluctuating weight from scene to scene.

* Low molecular weight gases ( Hydrogen & helium ) may be difficult to remove from the analysis chamber, and may be adsorbed and emitted from the specimen, even though not present in the original specimen.

The land is still emerging isostatically from its subsident state, which was caused by the weight of the last glaciation.

The Brazilian foreign policy under the Lula da Silva administration had been focused on the following directives: to contribute toward the search for greater equilibrium and attenuate unilateralism ; to strengthen bilateral and multilateral relations in order to increase the country's weight in political and economic negotiations on an international level ; to deepen relations so as to benefit from greater economical, financial, technological and cultural interchange ; to avoid agreements that could jeopardize development in the long term.

Its design period was protracted, with various development problems exacerbated by the fact that designers lacked information on the actual size and weight of the proposed boosted-fission warhead Green Bamboo, or its likely thermonuclear successor derived from the Granite series.

Chondrichthyes also lack ribs, so if they leave water, the larger species ' own body weight would crush their internal organs long before they would suffocate.

By contrast, in civil law jurisdictions ( the legal tradition that prevails in, or is combined with common law in, Europe and most non-Islamic, non-common law countries ), courts lack authority to act where there is no statute, and judicial precedent is given less interpretive weight ( which means that a judge deciding a given case has more freedom to interpret the text of a statute independently, and less predictably ), and scholarly literature is given more.

By 1972, the clean and press was discontinued because athletes started to push with legs and bend backwards instead of strictly pressing the weight overhead, and this left the sole elements of what is today's modern Olympic weightlifting programme – the snatch and the clean and jerk. The snatch entails pulling with a wide grip the barbell overhead without pressing out with the arms. It is a very precise lift that can be nullified by a lack of balance of the athlete. The clean and jerk is more forgiving using a narrower grip pull the bar to the shoulders and then using the strength of the legs push until arms reach full extension without a press out.

In comparison the British airship, R101, introduced diesel engines with the Beardmore Tornado to avoid using highly flammable petrol in hot climates ; although these had a low power to weight ratio, limiting the payload of the weight conscious airships, as well as proving unreliable due to lack of development.

Users of recumbent tricycles and a study by the Department of Transport suggested visibility fears were largely unfounded, but the weight, lack of seat-to-pedal adjustment, lack of gears, short pedal cranks, and that the motor overheated on long hills were serious problems ; indeed the motor was essentially useless for climbing hills, with even mild gradients necessitating significant pedal assistance.

Unexplained weight loss may occur from a lack of pancreatic enzymes hindering digestion.

The vehicle's light weight and ZF self-locking differential compensated for the lack of 4 × 4 capabilities.

Toy class vehicles are usually modeled after real cars, and often feature details that hobby class vehicles lack, like working lights, sounds, windows, opening doors and hoods, and realistic interiors at the expense of weight and durability.

During this era, Eastern's fleet was split between their " silver-colored hockey stick " livery ( the lack of paint reduced weight by 100 pounds ) and their " white-colored hockey stick " livery ( on its Airbus-manufactured planes, the metallurgy of which required paint to cover the aircraft's composite skin panels ).

R32, 33, and 34 N1 street cars were known for lack of amenities and their light weight.

The three chief properties designers look for in cones are light weight, stiffness, and lack of coloration ( due to absence of ringing ).

excess weight, lack of exercise, depression or other mental illnesses ) is not well established.

The DSM criterion of weight loss is probably related, and many individuals with this symptom describe a lack of enjoyment of food.

Common symptoms are vague, such as fatigue unchanged by sleep, lack of energy, weight loss, aches and pains, arthritis, dry eyes, swelling of the knees, blurry vision, shortness of breath, a dry, hacking cough, or skin lesions.

Although each " round " was heavier than the corresponding gun-fired shell, the lack of a gun reduced the overall weight considerably.

However, reusability implies weight penalties such as non-ablative reentry shielding and possibly a stronger structure to survive multiple uses, and given the lack of experience with these vehicles, the actual costs and reliability are yet to be seen.

It does not refer to the lack of weight under gravity experienced in free fall or orbit, or to balancing the force of gravity with some other force, such as electromagnetism or aerodynamic lift.

Its chief weakness was its weight and lack of water resistance.

Various problems have effectively ended the program as it was originally envisioned, including weight, bulk, and lack of effectiveness of the 20x28 mm airburst round.

In addition to weight loss due to a reduction in fat and lean mass, fluid loss can be triggered by illnesses such as diabetes, certain medications, lack of fluid intake or other factors.

Consequently, it is likely that Lambert's weight gain was caused not by a physical disorder but by a combination of overeating and a lack of exercise.

Because they lack leading and trailing wheels, locomotives of this type have all their weight pressing down on their driving wheels and consequently have a high tractive effort and factor of adhesion, making them comparatively strong engines for their size, weight and fuel consumption.