ballast
71Ballast (marine) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Ballast. Un ballast est une capacité équipant certains navires destinée, par remplissage ou vidange, à : corriger la gîte ou l assiette avec un chargement déséquilibré ; accroître l enfoncement d un… …
72Ballast tank — A ballast tank is a compartment within a boat or ship, that holds water. A vessel may have a single ballast tank near its center or multiple ballast tanks typically on either side. A large vessel typically will have several ballast tanks… …
73Ballast tamper — A ballast tamper or tamping machine is a machine used to pack (or tamp) the track ballast under railway tracks to make the tracks more durable. Prior to the introduction of mechanical tampers, this task was done by manual labour with the help of… …
74Ballast (chemin de fer) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Ballast. Traverses enchâssées dans le ballast sur la voie de RER C à …
75Ballast Point Light — Infobox Lighthouse caption = location = Point Loma, California coordinates = yearbuilt = 1890 yearlit = automated = yeardeactivated = foundation = construction = shape = Square height = convert|34|foot|0 currentlens = lens = Fifth order Fresnel… …
76Ballast tractor — A ballast tractor is a heavy haulage road vehicle designed to pull or push heavy or exceptional loads. Unlike the tractor unit from an articulated trailer, the ballast tractor is designed or adapted to pull or push loads from a drawbar. By… …
77Ballast, der — Der Bállast, des es, plur. car. in der Schifffahrt, die unterste Last in einem Schiffe, welche dasselbe im Gleichgewichte erhält, und gemeiniglich aus Sand bestehet; die Unterladung. Daher die Ballastbrücke, in den Seestädten, wo der Ballast… …
78Ballast regulator — A ballast regulator is a piece of rail transport maintenance of way equipment used to shape and distribute the gravel track ballast that supports the ties in rail tracks. [cite web url=http://www.robl.w1.com/pix rrc/I 031019.htm title=Ernest H.… …
79Ballast cleaner — A ballast cleaner is a railway machine that specialises in cleaning the railway track ballast (gravel, blue stone or other aggregate) of impurities. External links [http://www.grandadsez.co.uk/railways/ballast cleaners.html] Technical Information …
80Ballast (film) — Infobox Film name = Ballast caption = director = Lance Hammer producer = writer = Lance Hammer starring = Michael J. Smith Sr. Jim Myron Ross Tarra Riggs Johnny McPhail Andrew Alinda music = cinematography = Lol Crawley editing = distributor =… …
