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  2. Simpson Manufacturing Company - Wikipedia

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    Simpson Strong-Tie Company Inc. Website. simpsonmfg.com. Simpson Manufacturing Company is an engineering firm and building materials producer in the United States that produces structural connectors, anchors, and products for new construction and retrofitting. The company was founded by Barclay Simpson in Oakland in 1956, as a successor to his ...

  3. Tie (engineering) - Wikipedia

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    Tie (engineering) A hurricane tie used to fasten a rafter to a stud. A tie, strap, tie rod, eyebar, guy-wire, suspension cables, or wire ropes, are examples of linear structural components designed to resist tension. [1] It is the opposite of a strut or column, which is designed to resist compression. Ties may be made of any tension resisting ...

  4. BL 2.75-inch mountain gun - Wikipedia

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    The gun was an improved version of the 1901 BL 10-pounder mountain gun. The new 1911 version improved on the 1901 gun with a new pole trail, recoil buffer, recuperator and gun shield, and increased shell weight from 10 to 12.5 lb (5.7 kg). It was a screw gun design, where the barrel could be separated into two parts via a screw joint.

  5. Strong tie - Wikipedia

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    Strong tie may refer to: Simpson Strong Tie, a subsidiary and brand of structural hardware produced by the Simpson Manufacturing Company; Interpersonal ties, in sociology

  6. Screw gun - Wikipedia

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    A screw gun that uses collated screws is known as a collated screw gun. Some screw guns can be set to stop driving the screw at a certain depth, which may be up to two inches below the surface. It is possible to drive a series of screws with the motor running continuously, and many manufacturers recommend doing this to install drywall. Screw ...

  7. RBL 7-inch Armstrong gun - Wikipedia

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    The Armstrong RBL 7-inch gun, also known as the 110-pounder, [4] was a heavy caliber Armstrong gun, an early type of rifled breechloader. William Armstrong 's innovative combination of a rifled built-up gun with breechloading had proven suitable for small cannon. When it was applied to a 7-inch gun, it proved that the pressure caused by the ...

  8. The Cartridge Family - Wikipedia

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    The Cartridge Family. Everybody has their posteriors on fire as they run to a water-filled couch. They hop on board as steam emerges from them. [2] " The Cartridge Family " is the fifth episode of the ninth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on November 2, 1997.

  9. The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace - Wikipedia

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    The Simpson family try to cheer him up by showing him a film of his accomplishments and a special appearance by the character KITT from the Knight Rider television series that Homer is a fan of. When the film projector stops working, Lisa mentions that Thomas Edison invented the projector and many other inventions.