Archive for the ‘Industry and Manufacturing’ Category

Big Trucks

Monday, June 14th, 2010

My brother has been a crane operator of an all-terrain crane Richmond VA based company. In fact, he is able to handle other types of trucks used in the construction. My mom was always scared that he gets into an accident with those trucks someday, because driving big things are a lot dangerous especially in a construction site. Since it’s his job to move heavy loads from one place to another within a site, of course we had the fear of him getting in great peril with this job. I’ve always suggested him to try another, but he simply can’t leave his job. Since it was his dream to be an engineer—which really upsets him badly because we don’t have money for school, he’s satisfied to work within the construction instead.

Once he has been called because someone contacted a rent crane Raleigh NC, and he was sent there. He is happy to comply and it doesn’t matter where he’s going, as long as he is going to be a part of the construction. He enjoys operating these cranes and believes he is a lot of help to the team because he can move out heavy concrete or other materials in just one operation. Well he’s not an engineer, but he’s a part of building people’s houses and tall buildings and that’s something he’s proud of!

The Medieval Era Ship Models

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

There are many model ships and boats that have withstood the decay caused by time and are still surviving. Some of them come from the medieval era of the 12th to 19th century. Most notable among them are the Galleys, Galleons and Carracks. These models were occasionally mounted in churches extending blessings and good wishes to the sailing vessels and their crews. You will also find a few crude models in the museums around the world. The true drawing of the ships and their representations by models has survived from this era only.

Most model ships of the era were apparently greatly out of scale though they were highly decorated with drawings of real and imaginary creatures like the sea monsters. During this period and till the beginning of the 18th century ship building was not carried out following some fixed plans. The shipwrights who were entrusted with the duty of manufacturing the ships followed only the knowledge of art and craft inherited by them in the family legacy. People in the trade had little knowledge about the construction draft and few knew any advanced building technique.

Unlike the sophisticated models of to day, the wooden model ships of that era give you no idea what the real ship is going to be. Ship models that are referred as Admiralty or Shipyard models were replicas build during the construction of the ships in the 18th and 19th century warships.