The Boat on the Slip
Posts from the ‘Technology’ category
The Other Screw
The Screw
The Low Rollers
I’m sure they’re used for something…
The Wheel
A wheel that carries a considerable amount of weight.
The MacDuff Harbour Slip at Night
The Bulbous Forefoot
The Bulbous Forefoot or, Bulbous Bow, greatly increases fuel efficiency and the fins help with stability. More about this technology (an American invention) here. The ‘snoot’ shown below belongs to a trawler but most ships are built with bulbous bows these days.
The time before computers…
There was a time when aircraft flew without the aid of computers….
The Lamp
The Lamp
The Welder (1)
The Welder
The Gears
The Gears
The Spring
The Spring
The Really Old Engine
The Really Old Engine
The Engine (kind of arty)
The Engine (kind of arty)
The Welder (3)
The Welder (3)
The Man With A Phone
The Man With a Phone
The Lock
The Lock
The Air Intakes
The innards of an aircraft engine. Â Kind of like human innards. Â There’s something very artistic about engines. Â Where would we be without heat engines?
The Air Intakes
The Nimrod
The Nimrod
The Fighter
The Fighter
The Fire Hydrant
The Fire Hydrant
The Telephone Box
They just don’t make them like they used to….
The Telephone Box
The Gears (from the “Oh no, not more gears series!”)
Oh no not more gears!
The Gear
The Gear
The Wind Turbines
The Wind Turbines
