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Understanding old British money - pounds, shillings and pence

31 different types of screw nuts. 1 – Low hex nut, Standard DIN 936 – DIN 439Finish: polished, white zinc plated, bricromatized 2 – Hexagon castle nut with high crown, DIN 935/2000Finish: polished, white zinc plated, bricromatized 3 – Hex flange spherical nut Finish: polished, white zinc plated, bricromatized 4 – Double hex nut Finish: polished, white zinc plated, bricromatized 5 – Hexagon castle nut with low crown, DIN 979/2000Finish: polished, white zinc plated, bricromatized 6 – Hexagon castle nut without crown, DIN 979 Finish: polished, white zinc plated, bricromatized 7 – Hexagon nut class 6, DIN 934 Finish: polished, white zinc plated, bricromatized, hot dip galvanized 8 – Hexagon nut class 8, DIN 934 Finish: polished, white zinc plated, bricromatized, hot dip galvanized 9 – Hexagon nut class 10 (hardened), DIN 934 Finish: polished, white zinc plated, bricromatized, hot dip galvanized 10 – Flange hex nut, DIN 13-6h-class 6 – DIN 6923 Finish: white zinc plated 11- Brass hex nut F...

Gold Chat: A History of Gold Controls in Australia

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING: JET ENGINES : In the strict sense all gas turbines are gas generators. Their hot gases are expanded either through a turbine to generate shaft power or th...

The Right-Wing Doesn't Want to Talk About Christian Atrocities, So Let's Talk About Christian Atrocities: History is full of atrocities committed by Christians for Christ, against not just other religions but against Christian themselves.

lukewarm manifesto: A repudiation of spelling nazism: Tuesday 27 December 2011 There was a time when I probably would've proudly identified as a spelling nazi. I think I first heard the te...

Five years on, the Flint water crisis is nowhere near over :  As the Michigan city’s water emergency lurches on, pipes are still being replaced—and public trust remains low.