The AC Ace was a series of British sports cars built between 1953 and 1963. The AC Ace was made with various engines: the AC, the Bristol and the Ford, in capacities of 1991, 1971 and 2553 cc providing power between 102 and 170 bhp. The AC Ace was fitted with a four-speed transmission with optional overdrive and had a top speed of 187 kmh. Research AC Ace
The AC Cobra (known in the USA as the Shelby Cobra and the Ford Cobra) was a British sports car built between 1962 and 1968. The AC Cobra resulted after the Texan racer, Carroll Shelby, approached AC Cars with an idea for fitting a 4.2 litre Ford V-eight engine into the light AC Ace sports car to make a competition racing car. The AC Cobra was produced with various engines between 4261 and 6997 cc capacity with power between 164 and 490 bhp providing a top speed of between 218 and 290 kmh. In 1967 the AC Cobra with seven-litre engine, won the record as the fastest accelerating production car, reaching 0-60 mph in 4.2 seconds. Research AC Cobra
George Westinghouse was an American inventor and the founder of the Westinghouse Corporation. He was born in 1846 at Central Bridge, New York and died in 1914. He patented a powerful air brake for trains in 1869, which allowed trains to run more safely with greater loads at higher speeds. In the 1880s he turned his attention to the generation of electricity.
Unlike Thomas Edison, Westinghouse introduced alternating current (AC) into his power stations. Westinghouse helped to standardize railway components, including the development of a completely new signalling system. He also developed a system of gas mains. In the 1880s Westinghouse got his engineers to design equipment suitable for a new high-tension AC system. He also secured the services of the Croatian physicist Nikola Tesla. In 1895 the Westinghouse Electric Company harnessed Niagra Falls to generate electricity for the lights and trams of the nearby town of Buffalo. Resentful that AC current was chosen as the standard for domestic electricity supply, Edison, who supported DC current transmission, coined the term 'Westinghoused' to describe the fate of someone who had been executed by electric chair. Research George Westinghouse
William McKinley was the 25th president of the USA from 1897 to 1901. He was born in 1844 at Niles, Ohio and died in 1901. He served as a volunteer in the American Civil War. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1877 to 1891, and as chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means had the chief hand in framing the Tariff Ac of October 1st, 1890, commonly called the McKinley Act. From January, 1892, to January, 1896, he was Governor of Ohio. He was elected President of the United States on November the 3rd, 1896 and inaugurated on March the 4th, 1897. When he was elected President he won by the largest majority of popular votes since 1872. He was standing in a receiving line at the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition when an anarchist shot him twice. He died eight days later. Research William McKinley
A Goldschmidt Alternator is a dynamo-electric ac generator for producing currents of high frequency. A number of windings arranged alternatively on the rotor and the stator are tuned to successively high frequencies. Currents of one frequency in one of the coils, say on the rotor, produce currents of higher frequency in one of the stator coils, and these in turn produce currents of still higher frequencies in the next rotor coil. The process continues for the complete series of coils, and frequencies up to some 100 kHz can be produced. Research Goldschmidt Alternator
The optophone is an instrument invented by Fournier d'Albe, by means of which the letters of ordinary print are caused to produce characteristic musical sounds by being projected optically on to a screen composed of a number of selnium cells connected to an AC electrical source of audio frequency, and to a loud speaker, thereby enabling the blind to read printed matter by ear. Research Optophone
In electronics, skin effect is the AC resistance of a conductor due to the tendency for high- frequency currents to travel along the surface of the wire. Research Skin Effect
The Fairchild SA227-AC Metro III is an American short/medium-range utility light transport plane first flown in 1965, entering service in1970. The
Fairchild SA227-AC Metro III is powered by two Garrett TPE331-11U-612G turboprops providing a top speed of 515 kmh and a range of 2130 km with optimal load. The Fairchild SA227-AC Metro III carries a flight crew of two or three and up to 20 passengers or 2214 kg of freight in the cabin. Research Fairchild SA227
The Lloyd Liberty Sport Model A was an American two-seat, tandem, open-cockpit sporting biplane built over four years and first flown in 1965, winning the AC Spark Plug Rally at the EAA's Rockford Fly-in the same year. The Lloyd Liberty Sport Model A was a braced biplane with N-type centre-section support struts powered by a Lycoming O-320 four-cylinder horizontally-opposed air-cooled engine providing a top speed of 193 kmh and a range of 605 km. Research Lloyd Liberty Sport Model A
AC is an abbreviation for Alternating Current
AC is an abbreviaton for Armoured Cable
AC is an abbreviaton for AsbestosCement
AC is an abbreviation for Air-Conditioned
AC is an abbreviation for Air Conditioning
AC is an abbreviation for Ante Christum
AC is an abbreviation for Ante Cibum
Ac is an abbreviation for Actinium
AC is an abbreviation for Aircraft
AC is an abbreviation for Area Code
AC is an abbreviation for Athletic Club
AC is an abbreviation for Appeal Court
AC is an abbreviation for Army Council
AC is an abbreviation for Ambulance Corps
AC is an abbreviation for Aircraftsman
AC is an abbreviation for Agricultural College
AC is an abbreviation for Arts Council
AC is an abbreviation for Assistant Commissioner
AC is an abbreviation for Appeal Cases
AC is an abbreviation for Companion of the Order of Australia
AC is an abbreviation for Appellation Controlee
AC is an abbreviation for Aircraftman
AC is an abbreviation for HydrogenCyanide
ac is an abbreviation for Author's correction Research AC
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