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Encyclopedia > Shroud lines

In parachuting, the shroud lines are thin cords or cables which attach the canopy to the risers. Skydiver about to land Parachuting, or skydiving, is a recreational activity, competitive sport and method of deployment of military personnel (and occasionally, firefighters). ... This article is about the general definition of canopy. For the investment firm, see Canopy Group. ...


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Patent 6167618: Method for repairing vertical welds in a boiling water reactor shroud using a clamp with eccentric pins (4356 words)
A method as recited in claim 1 wherein at least one of the pins is mounted on a disk and indexing marks are formed at angular intervals on the disk, and further comprising the step of using the indexing marks to determine the amount of movement of the at least one pin.
Boiling water reactor shrouds are disposed concentrically within reactor vessels to divide the flow of coolant water through the reactor vessels and to structurally support and align the fuel assemblies, steam separator assemblies and control rod guide tubes.
The shrouds are generally cylindrical and are typically formed of multiple arcuate steel plates joined by welds along their abutting vertical and horizontal edges.
Forensic Science CSI Quest Pictures of Jesus Shroud of Turin (5041 words)
Throughout the centuries, as the Shroud of Turin was unfurled for public display and folded or rolled up for storage, microscopic bits of the filmy substance certainly must have flaked away.
In fact, when the Shroud was examined in 1978, pieces of the coating, pieces of the picture of Jesus, were pulled away when adhesive tape was rubbed on the Shroud to collect particulate samples for forensic science research.
To believe that the Shroud is fakery he or she must rely on an underlying belief that transcends forensic science as we know it today.
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