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3 unusual facts about Interlocking


Creb binding domain

This interlocking domain forms a 3-helical non-globular array that forms interlocked heterodimers with its target.

Interlocking

The inventors of the hydro-pneumatic system moved forward to an electro-pneumatic system in 1891 and this system, best identified with the Union Switch & Signal Company, was first installed on the Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad at its drawbridge across the Chicago River.

William Yolland

At a time when Britain’s railway mileage was expanding at a great rate, his duties included the inspection of new lines and he took full opportunity to insist that the latest safety features, such as signal interlocking and block working, should be deployed.


Canadian Dental Association

It is based on the dental symbol, the Rod of Asclepius surrounded by an interlocking circle and triangle.

Composite print

In the case of some films, such as the world premiere engagement of Carousel, which was made in CinemaScope 55, a six-track soundtrack could not be accommodated on the film, so the sound was played on an interlocking tape machine.

Georges Cziffra

Cziffra is also well known for his technically demanding transcriptions of several orchestral works for the piano – among them, one of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee, written in interlocking octaves.

Greater Washington Board of Trade

During that meeting, the Board adopted the logo that is still being used today: three interlocking circles that symbolize the unity of Northern Virginia, the District of Columbia, and suburban Maryland.

Harris Tower

Harris Switch Tower, an interlocking tower in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Hexasterophora

Finally, the Lychniscosa, with the most tightly interlocking spicules is first found in rocks of Triassic age.

Innovative interlocking nail

The Innovative interlocking nail is a veterinary surgical system of tools and surgical techniques for using an intramedullary nail, inter-locking nail or Küntscher nail for the repair of fractured bones.

Jigsaw

Jigsaw puzzle, a tiling puzzle that requires the assembly of interlocking pieces

Neunkirchen Hauptbahnhof

The signals from Bexbach to Dudweiler were remotely controlled from the Nof interlocking.

Palisades Center

New York Times writer Joe Queenan criticized the mall's Brutalist exterior for lacking any sense of design or theme, and characterized its rectangular layout as "a series of interlocking coffins".

Snoldelev Stone

The Snoldelev Stone, which is 1.25 meters in height, is decorated with a design of three drinking horns interlocking as incomplete Borromean rings (similar to the Diane de Poitiers three crescents emblem), and a swastika.

Tegula

Imbrex and tegula, interlocking roofing tiles used in ancient Greek and Roman architecture

Thorpe rail accident

Prompted by the accident engineer Edward Tyer developed the tablet system in which a token is given to the train driver; this must be slotted into an electric interlocking device at the other end of the single-track section before another train is allowed to pass.

Tube frame

Space frame or space structure, a truss-like, lightweight rigid structure constructed from interlocking struts in a geometric pattern

WinCos

The control/PLC level where the process interlocking is secured, the HMI level presenting the graphical display of the process and the SCADA/MES (Manufacturing execution system)/MIS (Management Information System).


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