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Firearms use triggers to initiate the firing of a cartridge seated within the gun barrel chamber.This is accomplished by actuating a striking device through a combination of mainspring (which stores elastic energy), a trap mechanism that can hold the spring under tension, an intermediate mechanism to transmit the kinetic energy from the spring releasing, and a firing pin to eventually strike ...
David Goodman Simons (June 7, 1922 – April 5, 2010) [1] was an American physician and U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel who, as part of Project Manhigh, set a high-altitude balloon flight record in 1957 at 19 miles (31 km) above the Earth in an aluminum capsule suspended from a helium balloon.
The accessory also features four customizable AirTrigger buttons that allow the user to grip the phone with both hands on the vertical bezels and place their fingers behind the phone and push the trigger-style buttons to perform user defined functions in games.
With the line, Asus moved away from their usual design language focused on gaming. The ROG phone 8 line was released with a design more reminiscent of other flagships with reduced bezels and a hole-punch style camera.
Sear shown in a revolver action. In a firearm, the sear is the part of the trigger mechanism that holds the hammer, striker, or bolt back until the correct amount of pressure has been applied to the trigger, at which point the hammer, striker, or bolt is released to discharge the weapon.
Alarming footage shows a trigger-happy football fan brazenly firing a gun into the air as chaos erupted on the streets of Philadelphia after the Eagles playoff game Sunday night.. The video, which ...
M734 fuze cross section Amplifier (top) and oscillator. The M734 multi-option fuze [1] is a rangefinder and collision detection system used on 60 mm, 81 mm, and 120 mm mortar shells as a trigger to detonate the shells at the most damaging heights of burst when combating four types of battlefield threats:
Proximity fuze MK53 removed from shell, circa 1950s. A proximity fuze (also VT fuze [1] [2] [3] or "variable time fuze") is a fuze that detonates an explosive device automatically when it approaches within a certain distance of its target.