Ballists, Dead Beats, and Muffins: Inside Early Baseball in Illinois

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Fischer, Bernd J. (1991). "R Lucas, Peter (2007-03-23). The OSS in World War II Albania: Covert Operations and Collaboration with Communist Partisans. McFarland. ISBN 9780786429677. Current limiting [ edit ] A typical 230V, 50hz series choke ballast (inductor) used in older lighting. This example is used for a tanning lamp. It requires a starter switch (below). A lamp starter, required with some inductor type ballasts. It connects the two ends of the lamp to preheat them for one second before lighting. Littere Wallie, liber A, folio 88, 318. CIROGRAPHUM PER QUOD WILLELMUS DE CHYKOUN LIBERAUIT DOMINO REGINALDO DE GREY TUNC JUSTICIARIO DOMINI REGIS CESTRIEI QUASDAM MUNICIONES. In some consumer electronic equipment, notably in television sets in the era of valves ( vacuum tubes), but also in some low-cost record players, the vacuum tube heaters were connected in series. Since the voltage drop across all the heaters in series was usually less than the full mains voltage, it was necessary to provide a ballast to drop the excess voltage. A resistor was often used for this purpose, as it was cheap and worked with both alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC).

a b c Frances Trix (2009). The Sufi Journey of Baba Rexheb. University of Pennsylvania Press. p.72. ISBN 978-1-934536-12-4. It was used, just before the start of the Empire, by Julius Caesar during his conquest of Gaul and on both of his campaigns in subduing Britain. Johnstone, Diana (2002). Fools' Crusade Yugoslavia, Nato, and Western Delusions. Monthly Review Press. ISBN 9781583670842. Ballasts vary greatly in complexity. They may be as simple as a resistor, inductor, or capacitor (or a combination of these) wired in series with the lamp; or as complex as the electronic ballasts used in compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs).Roberts, Walter R. (1987). Tito, Mihailović, and the Allies, 1941–1945. Duke University Press. ISBN 0-8223-0773-1. The City of Calgary - Streetlighting Digital Ballast pilot project". Archived from the original on 2013-07-29 . Retrieved 2012-06-23. Warry, John (1995). Warfare in the Classical World: War and the Ancient Civilisations of Greece and Rome. London, United Kingdom: Salamander Books Ltd. p.178. ISBN 0-8061-2794-5. [ permanent dead link]

Although the door has a no-entry sign, ignore it, and enter the Guildhall. This will bring you behind the bar, and next to Nine-Fingers Keene’s room. Head through the doors straight in front of you to find her, and you’ll get a scene between Uktar and her regarding the Stonelord. After the scene ends, talk to her for some information then talk to Jaheria who will mention that you should speak to the Guildhall members to see if they know where Minsc aka Stonelord can be found. Talk to Uktar ¶ The Littere Wallie records the existence of 4 "balistas ad turrimi" at "Duluithelan" Castle in 1280, [14] one "balistam de tur" at "Rothelano" castle [15] and one "magnam ballistam" at "Bere Blada" Castle in 1286. [16] These all being held under the authority of the English Crown. Ballast was also a component used in early model automobile engines that lowered the supply voltage to the ignition system after the engine had been started. Starting the engine requires a significant amount of electrical current from the battery, resulting in an equally significant voltage drop. To allow the engine to start, the ignition system was designed to operate on this lower voltage. But once the vehicle was started and the starter disengaged, the normal operating voltage was too high for the ignition system. To avoid this problem, a ballast resistor was inserted in series with the ignition system, resulting in two different operating voltages for the starting and ignition systems. Prior to 1980 in the United States, polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-based oils were used as an insulating oil in many ballasts to provide cooling and electrical isolation (see Transformer oil).

Cullhaj, Florian (31 October 2016). Democratization from within: Political Culture and the Consolidation of Democracy in Post-Communist Albania. Edizioni Nuova Cultura. ISBN 9788868128258. The earliest form of the ballista is thought to have been developed for Dionysius of Syracuse, c. 400 BC. Currently, there is a bug where the projectiles do not fragment below 20 penetration power, regardless of the specified fragmentation chance. If the bullet does not penetrate, "blunt damage" is applied, which lets through a % of the base damage of the bullet to the body part hit. This % is based on the specific armor's "blunt throughput" stat, the pen value of the ammo, and the armor's class and remaining durability %. Blunt damage is extremely low and not a notable factor in kill speed against anything other than level 2 body armors.

Some American electronic fluorescent lamp ballasts which are labeled "Rapid start" are otherwise completely different than the classical American rapid start ballast, because they use resonance to start the lamp and heat the cathodes, and don't supply all the time the same heating power regardless the lamp conditions. Ballast weight is also added to a race car to alter its performance. In most racing series, cars have a minimum allowable weight. Often, the actual weight of the car is lower, so ballast is used to bring it up to the minimum. The advantage is that the ballast can be positioned to affect the car's handling by changing its load distribution. This is near-universal in Formula 1. It is also common in other racing series that ballast may only be located in certain positions on the car. In some racing series, for example the British Touring Car Championship, ballast is used as a handicap, the leading drivers at the end of one race being given more ballast for the next race. Adamant darts have comparable damage output to using a shortbow with rune arrows, so players should use whichever is cheaper. Bytyçi, Enver (2015). Coercive Diplomacy of NATO in Kosovo. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4438-7668-1. This property can lead to more precise current control than merely choosing an appropriate fixed resistor. The power lost in the resistive ballast is also reduced because a smaller portion of the overall power is dropped in the ballast compared to what might be required with a fixed resistor.

A dimmable ballast is very similar to a rapid start ballast, but usually has a capacitor incorporated to give a power factor nearer to unity than a standard rapid start ballast. A quadrac type light dimmer can be used with a dimming ballast, which maintains the heating current while allowing lamp current to be controlled. A resistor of about 10kΩ is required to be connected in parallel with the fluorescent tube to allow reliable firing of the quadrac at low light levels. The manuballista was a handheld version of the traditional ballista. This new version was made entirely of iron, which conferred greater power to the weapon, since it was smaller, and less iron (an expensive material before the 19th century), was used in its production. It was not the ancient gastraphetes, but the Roman weapon. However, the same physical limitations applied as with the gastraphetes. Dingu, Kadri (2001). Lufta antifashiste nacional çlirimtare (in Albanian). Albania: epopeja e lavdishme e popullit shqiptar. p.296. ... Ne tetor 1944 forcat partizane kishin arritur mbi 40.000 vete (Albanian), In October 1944, the partisan forces had reached over 40,000 people (English)

The original objectives of Balli Kombëtar were set out in 1942 in the following ten-point program, also known as the "Decalogue" [65] Assuming all projectiles hit the target on every shot. Because each projectile causes a minimum of 1 durability loss to armor, it becomes effective at breaking down armor and eventually penetrating. For simple, low-powered loads such as a neon lamp, a fixed resistor is commonly used. Because the resistance of the ballast resistor is large it determines the current in the circuit, even in the face of negative resistance introduced by the neon lamp. The cheiroballistra and the manuballista are held by many archaeologists to be the same weapon. [ citation needed] The difference in name may be attributable to the different languages spoken in the Empire. Latin remained the official language in the Western Empire, but the Eastern Empire predominantly used Greek, which added an extra 'r' to the word ballista.An electrical ballast is a device placed in series with a load to limit the amount of current in an electrical circuit. Rifle – Essentially a long rifled barrel firearm primarily designed for relatively long range use in warfare or hunting. Rifles are available as single shot, self-loading, manual action, bolt action or automatic, though most commonly encountered are self-loading. In November 1941, the small Albanian Communist groups established an Albanian Communist Party in Tirana of 130 members under the leadership of Hoxha and an eleven-man Central Committee. The party at first had little mass appeal, and even its youth organisation netted few recruits. Submachine Gun – A fast-loading weapon with a high rate of fire, available as single shot or fully automatic. The inaccurate SMG is a magazine-fed weapon which can hold up to around 100 rounds, designed for continuous fire. In Gaul, the stronghold of Alesia was under a Roman siege in 52 BC, and was completely surrounded by a Roman fortification including a wooden palisade and towers. As was standard siege technique at the time, small ballistae were placed in the towers with other troops armed with bows or slings. The use of the ballista in the Roman siege strategy was also demonstrated in the case of the Siege of Masada. [4] Ballistae in the Roman Empire [ edit ]