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ea4bde4c6c6616e000f17f172028f3416daa42bb | e ≈ ∑ n = 0 n m | e ≈ ∑ n = 0 n m a x σ n n ! (d n f d x n) x = μ μ n (z) {\displaystyle e\approx \textstyle \sum _{n=0}^{n_{max}}\displaystyle {\sigma ^{n} \over n!}{\biggl (}{d^{n}f \over dx^{n}}{\biggr)}_{x=\mu }\mu _{n}(z)}, where the moments of the standard normal distribution are given by: | wikipedia |
d3334c3a77091de910c6a5aab162b194fb7111d3 | f (x) = ∑ n = 0 ∞ | f (x) = ∑ n = 0 ∞ σ n n ! (d n f d x n) x = μ μ n (z) {\displaystyle f(x)=\textstyle \sum _{n=0}^{\infty }\displaystyle {\sigma ^{n} \over n!}{\biggl (}{d^{n}f \over dx^{n}}{\biggr)}_{x=\mu }\mu _{n}(z)}, where x ∼ n (μ, σ 2) {\displaystyle x\sim n(\mu,\sigma ^{2})} is a normal random variable, and z ∼ n (0, 1) {\displ... | wikipedia |
b97bf6451230e9397fda933e665fbc7d1d6c66bd | e ≈ ∑ n = 0 n m | e ≈ ∑ n = 0 n m a x 1 n ! (d n f d x n) x = μ μ n (x) {\displaystyle e\approx \textstyle \sum _{n=0}^{n_{max}}\displaystyle {1 \over n!}{\biggl (}{d^{n}f \over dx^{n}}{\biggr)}_{x=\mu }\mu _{n}(x)}, where the taylor expansion is truncated after the n m a x {\displaystyle n_{max}} -th moment. | wikipedia |
8ad629bf32188bb3781401e1d7f2563c83dbb852 | e = e (∑ n = 0 ∞ | e = e (∑ n = 0 ∞ 1 n ! (d n f d x n) x = μ (x − μ) n) = ∑ n = 0 ∞ 1 n ! (d n f d x n) x = μ e = ∑ n = 0 ∞ 1 n ! (d n f d x n) x = μ μ n (x) {\displaystyle e=e{\biggl (}\textstyle \sum _{n=0}^{\infty }\displaystyle {1 \over n!}{\biggl (}{d^{n}f \over dx^{n}}{\biggr)}_{x=\mu }(x-\mu)^{n}{\biggr)}=\displaystyle \sum _{n=0... | wikipedia |
2002b0944a14eec302b3bfde2b8883a4e624a5d6 | f (x) = ∑ n = 0 ∞ | f (x) = ∑ n = 0 ∞ 1 n ! (d n f d x n) x = μ (x − μ) n {\displaystyle f(x)=\displaystyle \sum _{n=0}^{\infty }\displaystyle {\frac {1}{n!}}{\biggl (}{d^{n}f \over dx^{n}}{\biggr)}_{x=\mu }(x-\mu)^{n}}, where μ = e {\displaystyle \mu =e} is the mean value of x {\displaystyle x}. | wikipedia |
e960dd2f831a6e417f35cf8739af5a687e5390cf | if the moments of a certain random variable | if the moments of a certain random variable x {\displaystyle x} are known (or can be determined by integration if the probability density function is known), then it is possible to approximate the expected value of any general non-linear function f (x) {\displaystyle f(x)} as a taylor series expansion of the moments, a... | wikipedia |
e772fc302f3725daf3722c00117a4db01251bb14 | if any of the random variables is replaced | if any of the random variables is replaced by a deterministic variable or by a constant value (k {\displaystyle k}), the previous properties remain valid considering that e = k {\displaystyle e=k}, v a r = 0 {\displaystyle \mathrm {var} =0} and c o v = 0 {\displaystyle \mathrm {cov} =0}. | wikipedia |
e8bf9baca5d39206598bdcdbb8e26b9c8cd943ff | the covariance (c o v {\displaystyle \mathrm {cov} | the covariance (c o v {\displaystyle \mathrm {cov} }) between the random variable z {\displaystyle z} resulting from an algebraic operation and the random variable x {\displaystyle x} can be calculated using the following set of rules: | wikipedia |
29aae0228d0cab5f9c6d5a94519e7ab41ca0ff3a | if any of the random variables is replaced | if any of the random variables is replaced by a deterministic variable or by a constant value (k {\displaystyle k}), the previous properties remain valid considering that p = 1 {\displaystyle p=1} and e = k {\displaystyle e=k}, v a r = 0 {\displaystyle \mathrm {var} =0} and c o v = 0 {\displaystyle \mathrm {cov} =0}. s... | wikipedia |
9b4e693c29e3723ad35b60ffc2ea38721f4a2b5e | if any of the random variables is replaced | if any of the random variables is replaced by a deterministic variable or by a constant value (k {\displaystyle k}), the previous properties remain valid considering that p = 1 {\displaystyle p=1} and, therefore, e = k {\displaystyle e=k}. | wikipedia |
a073a6940eeb42b66adeacca3c0497b6af30cbff | in all cases, the variable z {\displaystyle z} | in all cases, the variable z {\displaystyle z} resulting from each operation is also a random variable. all commutative and associative properties of conventional algebraic operations are also valid for random variables. if any of the random variables is replaced by a deterministic variable or by a constant value, all ... | wikipedia |
361ae0cbe9d09a1f93ae8331cac8c45f1f9ce729 | in principle, the elementary algebra of random variables | in principle, the elementary algebra of random variables is equivalent to that of conventional non-random (or deterministic) variables. however, the changes occurring on the probability distribution of a random variable obtained after performing algebraic operations are not straightforward. therefore, the behavior of t... | wikipedia |
d41cd76155fd94e747387cb0822035c655f01b95 | the algebra of random variables in statistics, provides | the algebra of random variables in statistics, provides rules for the symbolic manipulation of random variables, while avoiding delving too deeply into the mathematically sophisticated ideas of probability theory. its symbolism allows the treatment of sums, products, ratios and general functions of random variables, as... | wikipedia |
b95c93ee282d675ff4568da76793f481ae02e743 | in march 2019 bah was appointed to the | in march 2019 bah was appointed to the google advanced technology external advisory council, a collection of experts who will consider the artificial intelligence (ai) principles of google. google disbanded ateac on april 4 2019 following criticism by google employees about another member, kay coles james. | wikipedia |
771a1d3da50d3e5da81b294585a68514bcfacb54 | in 2016 bah was appointed the german chair | in 2016 bah was appointed the german chair in mathematics at the african institute for mathematical sciences (aims), which is supported by the humboldt foundation. the position was welcomed by the aims community, who believe africa needs better data science infrastructure. bah organised the software engineering for app... | wikipedia |
bcfb3a6a15256a777c0f66b729b95fdf11bc14fd | in 2014 bah joined the university of texas | in 2014 bah joined the university of texas at austin, where he worked on signal processing, machine learning and sampling strategies in high-dimensional data. he developed a matrix for dimensionality reduction that uses bi- lipschitz embeddings, which can exploit data redundancy. | wikipedia |
fcc2071b738adcec71e75c07a87f1a62b95995da | between 2012 and 2014 bah was a postdoctoral | between 2012 and 2014 bah was a postdoctoral researcher at the École polytechnique fédérale de lausanne, where he continued his investigations into compressed sensing. he was a member of the laboratory for information and inference systems. | wikipedia |
c38ec7c6e606a0984d7e3993e62a89b140bf1f8d | bah was born in the gambia. he studied | bah was born in the gambia. he studied mathematics at the university of the gambia and graduated summa cum laude in 2004. he was awarded a master of science (msc) degree from the university of oxford, where he studied mathematical modelling as a postgraduate student of wolfson college, oxford. he joined the university ... | wikipedia |
98333cfbbab18301562faa353512a31d100cb570 | bubacarr bah is a gambian mathematician. he is | bubacarr bah is a gambian mathematician. he is (as at july 2024) associate professor and head of data scienceat the mrc unit based at banjul, the gambia. (note that the unit is run by the london school of hygiene & tropical medicine - but was previously managed by the medical research council (united kingdom). see covi... | wikipedia |
3c79ac2115873e070f75b3a9ef726f2db5b9eebe | jamie feick is an american former professional basketball | jamie feick is an american former professional basketball player. a 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) center from michigan state university, feick played in the nba from 1996 to 2001. he played for the charlotte hornets, san antonio spurs, milwaukee bucks and new jersey nets. he was selected by the philadelphia 76ers in the second ro... | wikipedia |
91d7370b018bb4360cbc5214ec87c9c53c261239 | in 2008 feick joined the walmart flw bass | in 2008 feick joined the walmart flw bass fishing tournaments tour. in 2009 and 2010 he competed in the majors division, entering seven tournaments and earning $10,500. in late 2010 he left professional fishing to take the job of head basketball coach at lexington high school in lexington, ohio, where he had attended a... | wikipedia |
abc17d43e28221e72568969821c77e583dd217b3 | in his nba career, feick played in 201 | in his nba career, feick played in 201 games and scored a total of 911 points. in the lockout-shortened 1999 season, feick averaged 11 rebounds per game in 26 games for the new jersey nets, and on january 20, 2000 recorded 12 points and 25 rebounds in one game. his last games were in the 2000–01 season, when his career... | wikipedia |
7fbdf8b34b0dc94790886e3b8bff068353177f67 | jamie feick (born july 3, 1974) is an | jamie feick (born july 3, 1974) is an american former professional basketball player. a 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) center from michigan state university, feick played in the nba from 1996 to 2001. he played for the charlotte hornets, san antonio spurs, milwaukee bucks and new jersey nets. he was selected by the philadelphia 76... | wikipedia |
5433b5a25e29a109fba5e18168021f065a780013 | woodgate is part of birmingham, in the county | woodgate is part of birmingham, in the county of the west midlands, england, between bartley green and harborne. it is split up into 3 parts, woodgate valley south, which is the gateway to harborne. woodgate, which is next to bartley green, and woodgate valley north, often referred as part of quinton. revised plans dis... | wikipedia |
65d8ad70a0314827fcf1bbec1899a6976922a92e | revised plans disclosed by birmingham council's public works | revised plans disclosed by birmingham council's public works committee in 1968 show new housing for 20,000 people (17,000 in council-built and 3,000 in private-built homes), double the original number put forward two years earlier. the plans also show a proposed woodgate/edgbaston expressway road from the m5 junction 3... | wikipedia |
d8472ca1353032cd7b13c07531875b574315ac65 | woodgate is part of birmingham, in the county | woodgate is part of birmingham, in the county of the west midlands, england, between bartley green and harborne. it is split up into 3 parts, woodgate valley south (also known as south woodgate), which is the gateway to harborne. woodgate, which is next to bartley green, and woodgate valley north, often referred as par... | wikipedia |
b088922dc60a374d8d953cd9a37a057ec06fd4ce | the rolls-royce r is a british aero engine | the rolls-royce r is a british aero engine that was designed and built specifically for air racing purposes by rolls-royce limited. nineteen r engines were assembled in a limited production run between 1929 and 1931. developed from the rolls-royce buzzard, it was a 37-litre capacity, supercharged v-12 capable of produc... | wikipedia |
885103259821bd1bc9a8a19dd6eb3ef98cd3c183 | these three engines are the only ones listed | these three engines are the only ones listed by the british aircraft preservation council/rolls-royce heritage trust. the solent sky museum's s.6a, n248, (a competing aircraft in the 1929 race as an s.6, and stand-by for the 1931 race, modified as an s.6a) does not contain an r engine. | wikipedia |
91e75e89ea75caf7364b2803c69ec3ae35907668 | the london science museum has an r engine | the london science museum has an r engine on display which is catalogued as a stand-alone item, inventory number 1948-310. this is r27, the second sprint engine prepared for the successful air speed record attempt, and later used in thunderbolt. the science museum also has s.6b, s1595, (winner of the 1931 race and the ... | wikipedia |
8fe5b04e4e519c1b424b811c1c1699bec2ea3728 | the royal air force museum london at hendon | the royal air force museum london at hendon has a rolls-royce r on display (museum number 65e1139) that came to the museum in november 1965 from raf cranwell. according to the museum's records, before that it was with george eyston as one of thunderbolt's record engines. its data plate states that it is r25 under air m... | wikipedia |
58a810e960436470e3476df3a18db860e2496cce | nineteen r engines were produced at derby between | nineteen r engines were produced at derby between 1929 and 1931, all given odd serial numbers. this was a rolls-royce convention when the propeller rotated anticlockwise when viewed from the front, but an exception was made for r17, the sole clockwise-rotation r engine. there is some confusion as to whether 19 or 20 r ... | wikipedia |
771e0ca62e6ae69358e4ef6c5cfb31fe6be58788 | i was in the workshop stitching the old | i was in the workshop stitching the old r37 back together and had the long job of lapping in all 48 valves. it was a terrible job because the engine was two monoblocs, which meant that you couldn't just lift off the heads, you had to lift what amounted to two separate engines and even then getting the valves in was no ... | wikipedia |
ed825f54cbdc59dcb59f7aa550e154da7570c11d | his relationship with malcolm campbell was strained at | his relationship with malcolm campbell was strained at times: campbell, with no engineering background, would often question villa's intimate knowledge of the r engine, but his relations with donald campbell were much better, as they were of a similar age. at lake garda in 1951 villa noted the willingness of "don" to h... | wikipedia |
465b0b4f31f53a4116b6c54e4ca72912a363c6a2 | villa was first employed by malcolm campbell in | villa was first employed by malcolm campbell in 1922, and continued in the service of donald campbell until 1967, when campbell was killed during a record attempt on coniston water. he was the chief caretaker of their r engines until the last r-powered record attempt in 1951, after which his responsibilities centred on... | wikipedia |
709ace3e85d06e659734b304e0cb0ba46f08d749 | the care and maintenance of the campbell's r | the care and maintenance of the campbell's r engines was entrusted to leo villa, a cockney born to a swiss father, who was described as "the man behind the campbells" and a central figure who "fitted the first nut to the first bolt". villa learnt his trade of "aircraft mechanic" in the royal flying corps; his first job... | wikipedia |
54035351d49d1b9dd41d41d10db6c12a013efa85 | r39 was again used in 1939 in blue | r39 was again used in 1939 in blue bird k4. in 1947 campbell unsuccessfully converted k4 to jet power using a de havilland goblin engine. after campbell's death from natural causes in 1948, donald campbell bought k4 for a nominal sum as well as the 1935 record car when his father's effects were auctioned. he also purch... | wikipedia |
f7e81ad168a3a5505087ef118be69f3dbc0066bf | in late 1935, sir malcolm campbell decided to | in late 1935, sir malcolm campbell decided to challenge the water speed record. at that point he had two napier lions and one rolls-royce r engine, r37 at his disposal, and it was decided to install the r engine in blue bird k3. during trials on loch lomond in june 1937 the engine was "slightly damaged... because of tr... | wikipedia |
1063a73f83b992cf16ba235945a5b8cad8a3f892 | two r engines, r17 and r19, were built | two r engines, r17 and r19, were built for sir henry segrave 's twin-engined water speed record boat miss england ii, this craft being ready for trials on windermere by june 1930. on friday 13 june, segrave was fatally injured and a rolls-royce technical advisor, victor halliwell, was killed when miss england ii capsiz... | wikipedia |
99f38138301cf74f59448ec042068e3f1e7515fb | during the mid-1930s, george eyston set many speed | during the mid-1930s, george eyston set many speed records with his speed of the wind car, powered by an unsupercharged rolls-royce kestrel. in 1937 he built a massive new car, thunderbolt, powered by two r engines to attempt the absolute land speed record. at first eyston experienced clutch failure due to the combined... | wikipedia |
63d4e56aa07a83130b424ac578409f8dafcb0d33 | lord wakefield arranged for a replica of the | lord wakefield arranged for a replica of the rolls-royce r to be exhibited at the 1933 motor show, held at olympia, london. a press report from the event provides an insight into the public perception of the engine: | wikipedia |
660d7232560e854f9791feadac4fd07b16865e07 | in late 1933 campbell bought engine r37 from | in late 1933 campbell bought engine r37 from rolls-royce; and had also been lent r17 and r19 by lord wakefield, and r39 by rolls-royce. he then lent r17 to george eyston. once he had achieved the 300 mph (480 km/h) record on 3 september 1935 at the bonneville speedway, campbell retired from further land speed endeavour... | wikipedia |
b94ae1abb59598f5ad1340ca8961cc13a4b25e15 | in 1932, campbell stated that he "... was | in 1932, campbell stated that he "... was fortunate in procuring a special r.r. schneider trophy engine" for his land speed record car to replace its napier lion. lent to him by rolls-royce, this engine was either r25 or r31. by february 1933 the car, named blue bird had been rebuilt to accommodate the larger engine an... | wikipedia |
fb7fcdb4a7eb7b16080d1bac0005342746974a9a | sir malcolm campbell, and later his son donald, | sir malcolm campbell, and later his son donald, used r engines from 1931 to 1951. at sir malcolm's knighthood ceremony in february 1931, king george v expressed great interest in the r and asked many questions about its fuel consumption and performance. | wikipedia |
499ce7ddcbcd6a5ea0bf2c052c8f341493ba5a54 | on 29 september 1931, barely two weeks after | on 29 september 1931, barely two weeks after the british team had secured the schneider trophy outright, flight lieutenant george stainforth broke the world airspeed record in a rolls-royce r-powered supermarine s.6b, serial s1595, reaching an average speed of 407.5 mph (655.67 km/h). it had been intended to also use t... | wikipedia |
e74b065d081965cd6bf5e13e46f65d786edf9288 | immediately after the 1929 schneider trophy contest squadron | immediately after the 1929 schneider trophy contest squadron leader augustus orlebar, commanding officer of the high speed flight, set a new airspeed record of 355.8 mph (572.6 km/h) using supermarine s.6, n247. | wikipedia |
5b811e54b50c553ff27a6eda4a5a3b9db029c4a6 | new airspeed records were set after the 1929 | new airspeed records were set after the 1929 and 1931 schneider trophy contests, both achieved using the r engine. in the two decades before world war ii, the quest to break the land speed record was hotly contested, particularly so in the early 1930s. aero engines were often used to power wheeled vehicles to ever-high... | wikipedia |
4926dde1238bb8aac5db37c701f29b9f37efd304 | in 1931 the british government withdrew financial support, | in 1931 the british government withdrew financial support, but a private donation of £100,000 from lucy, lady houston allowed supermarine to compete on 13 september using the r-powered supermarine s.6b. for this race the engine's rating was increased by 400 hp (300 kw) to 2,300 hp (1,700 kw). the italian and french ent... | wikipedia |
0c85c7f97801f9c528c528a91d963c67f4602a5a | more comparable to the r engine was the | more comparable to the r engine was the fiat as.6 engine developed for the 1931 contest; effectively a coupled, double as.5 that suffered from technical problems. with the assistance of rod banks, the as.6 powered the macchi m.c.72 to a new speed record for piston-powered seaplanes in 1934 of 440.6 mph (709.2 km/h), a ... | wikipedia |
93a2a2fabb55107db96bac9368000101646ac7c5 | during the 1929 race at cowes between great | during the 1929 race at cowes between great britain and italy, richard waghorn flying the supermarine s.6 with the new rolls-royce r engine retained the schneider trophy for great britain with an average speed of 328.63 mph (529 km/h), and also gained the 50 km and 100 km (31 mi and 62 mi) world speed records. the reco... | wikipedia |
2afe33c64ac871b12076de6136a6eebb1b5e179e | the schneider trophy was a prestigious annual prize | the schneider trophy was a prestigious annual prize competition for seaplanes that was first held in 1913. the 1926 race was the first where all the teams fielded pilots from their armed forces, the air ministry financing a british team known as the high speed flight drawn from the royal air force. sometimes known simp... | wikipedia |
f5602b79f72ccca9c43ecde2696f067086141892 | although not directly related to the spitfire, the | although not directly related to the spitfire, the supermarine engineers gained valuable experience of high-speed flight with the s.5 and s.6 aircraft, their next project being the rolls-royce goshawk -powered supermarine type 224 prototype fighter aircraft. technological advances used in the r engine, such as sodium-c... | wikipedia |
b67ca8225d3c0577b85cc3175ffd5e00b6193d94 | further possible development work on the r engine | further possible development work on the r engine was discussed in the national archives ' file avia 13/122, which contains a proposal from the royal aircraft establishment dated october and november 1932, to test four engines to destruction. this document states that there were five engines available for test purposes... | wikipedia |
a692ee1c0ea8a911d3d4c460cb454e8a2b5536ce | the pre-production griffon i shared the r engine's | the pre-production griffon i shared the r engine's bore and stroke, but was otherwise a completely new design that first ran in the experimental department in november 1939. although this single engine was never flown, the production version, the griffon ii, first flew in 1941 installed in the fairey firefly. a signifi... | wikipedia |
d5f6636638aadd341df9d7d4a554eed5ebb81fbf | according to arthur rubbra 's memoirs, a de-rated | according to arthur rubbra 's memoirs, a de-rated version of the r engine, known by the name griffon at that time, was tested in 1933. this engine, r11, was used for "moderately supercharged buzzard development" (which was not proceeded with until much later), and bore no direct relationship to the volume-produced grif... | wikipedia |
adccf6614a6de9fb2a9d33e92781671c2927e4bd | engine starting was achieved by a combination of | engine starting was achieved by a combination of compressed air and a hand-turned magneto; however, starting problems were encountered during pre-race testing at calshot due to moisture in the air and water contamination of the fuel. a complicated test procedure was devised to ensure clean fuel for competition flights ... | wikipedia |
d22f341a9a1193319d67826e69aac74a0f316a99 | overseen by cyril lovesey, flight testing commenced on | overseen by cyril lovesey, flight testing commenced on 4 august 1929 in the new supermarine s.6 at raf calshot, a seaplane and flying boat station on southampton water in hampshire. during pre-race scrutineering tests, metal particles were found on two of the engine's 24 spark plugs indicating a piston failure which wo... | wikipedia |
59f7e832803df7d7341ef79b2047791e962d1c4e | in the course of a 25-minute test an | in the course of a 25-minute test an early r engine would consume 60 imperial gallons (gal) (270 l) of pre-heated castor oil. the majority of this was spat out of the exhaust ports and smothered the test cell walls, milk being given to staff to minimise the effects of this well-known laxative. up to 200 gal (900 l) of ... | wikipedia |
9a5bf5ad1a2afafa23eb36a0afd32627af54c302 | ground testing of the r involved the use | ground testing of the r involved the use of three kestrel engines: one to simulate a headwind or airspeed, one to provide ventilation of the test area, and another to cool the crankcase. superchargers could be tested on a separate rig that was driven by another kestrel engine. eight men were required to run a test cell... | wikipedia |
a89cb20babd49422607f40076575a7ed56adf11b | the first run of engine r1 took place | the first run of engine r1 took place at rolls-royce's derby factory on 7 april 1929 with r7 running the next day. many mechanical failures were experienced during bench testing including burnt valves, connecting rod breakages and main bearing seizures, while considerably more trouble than expected occurred with valve ... | wikipedia |
94a9725940abfbdc7687fdf4551c83c1bc08576d | on an early test run the r engine | on an early test run the r engine produced 1,400 hp (1,040 kw) and was noted to idle happily at 450 revolutions per minute (rpm). with increased boost ratings and fuel developed by banks, the r engine ultimately developed 2,530 hp (1,890 kw) at 3,200 rpm; well over double the maximum power output of the buzzard. the en... | wikipedia |
999324f7e83f3652bc26540df217a1e896de6033 | the development of special fuel was attributed to | the development of special fuel was attributed to the work of "rod" banks, an engineer who specialised in fuels and engine development. after using neat benzole for early ground test runs, a mixture of 11% aviation petrol and 89% benzole plus 5 cubic centimetres (cc) of tetra-ethyl lead per imperial gallon (4.5 l) was ... | wikipedia |
e41db24cf5a95e64cc8e3d7e1f36599f1223faa2 | the keys to the r engine's high power-to-weight | the keys to the r engine's high power-to-weight ratio were its supercharger design, ability to run at high revolutions due to its structural strength, and the special blends of fuel used. the double-sided supercharger impeller was a new development for rolls-royce: running at a ratio of almost 8:1, it could supply inta... | wikipedia |
1c5d1a53cf8957224b1e11ab1dadea3cd42e42f3 | a not-so-obvious cooling measure was the deliberate use | a not-so-obvious cooling measure was the deliberate use of a rich fuel mixture, which accounts for the frequent reports of black smoke seen issuing from the engine exhaust stubs. although this robbed the engine of some power, it increased reliability and reduced the possibility of detonation in the cylinders. | wikipedia |
42a93ff4195dabb57aaaaf94cfefce486c004f9f | cooling this large engine whilst minimising aerodynamic drag | cooling this large engine whilst minimising aerodynamic drag posed new challenges for both the rolls-royce and supermarine design teams. traditional cooling methods using honeycomb-type radiators were known to cause high drag in flight; consequently it was decided to use the surface skins of the s.6 wings and floats as... | wikipedia |
31a78f47e3cc30d4ef3254041119c1e86cfb67f5 | the ignition system consisted of two rear-mounted, crankshaft-driven | the ignition system consisted of two rear-mounted, crankshaft-driven magnetos, each supplying one of a pair of spark plugs fitted to each cylinder. this is common practise for aero engines, as it ensures continued operation in the case of a single magneto failure, and has the advantage of more efficient combustion over... | wikipedia |
70dafc63997f8ac3be9bb6ba16cc4d3929372b45 | later production r engines featured sodium-filled exhaust valve | later production r engines featured sodium-filled exhaust valve stems for improved cooling, while additional modifications included a redesigned lower crankcase casting and the introduction of an oil scraper ring below the piston gudgeon pin; a measure that was carried over to the merlin engine. a balanced crankshaft w... | wikipedia |
27ab70b5d9902a4bb00b5bcce4220080f3e6ffe1 | the introduction of articulated connecting rods was regarded | the introduction of articulated connecting rods was regarded as a "nuisance" by arthur rubbra, a rolls-royce engine designer, as there were inherent problems with the arrangement. the complicated geometry meant that a pair of rods had different effective lengths, giving a longer stroke on the articulated side; conseque... | wikipedia |
16294b86c14c26905302f92f0e966ed02c5bbe62 | to make the r as compact as possible, | to make the r as compact as possible, several design modifications were made in comparison to the buzzard: the propeller reduction gear housing was reshaped, and the camshaft and rocker covers were modified to fair into the shape of the aircraft's nose, the air intake was positioned in the vee of the engine (which also... | wikipedia |
c256844063b46b4e613510dd1b4bc33068ec0fa0 | the r was a physically imposing engine designed | the r was a physically imposing engine designed by a team led by ernest hives and including cyril lovesey, arthur rowledge and henry royce. the r shared the buzzard's bore, stroke and capacity, and used the same 60- degree v-12 layout. a new single-stage, double-sided supercharger impeller was designed along with revis... | wikipedia |
3bb3570d8ec088aafa718f93e0393d71c2263d27 | rolls-royce realised that the napier lion engine used | rolls-royce realised that the napier lion engine used in the 1927 supermarine s.5 schneider trophy winner had reached the peak of its development, and that for britain's entrant in the next race to be competitive a new, more powerful engine design was required. the first configuration drawing of the "racing h" engine, ... | wikipedia |
2f2dde48775599b9f5bc5fccc04389676ec2b7be | the experience gained by rolls-royce and supermarine designers | the experience gained by rolls-royce and supermarine designers from the r engine was invaluable in the subsequent development of the rolls-royce merlin engine and the spitfire. a de-rated r engine, known as the griffon, was tested in 1933, but it was not directly related to the production rolls-royce griffon of 1939, o... | wikipedia |
1d3c04f3c1c8e555eaea4fca337237664eeb9091 | the r was used with great success in | the r was used with great success in the schneider trophy seaplane competitions held in england in 1929 and 1931. shortly after the 1931 competition, an r engine using a special fuel blend powered the winning supermarine s.6b aircraft to a new airspeed record of over 400 miles per hour (640 km/h). continuing through th... | wikipedia |
d660617601a128983945799abada192351a3810b | the rolls-royce r is a british aero engine | the rolls-royce r is a british aero engine that was designed and built specifically for air racing purposes by rolls-royce limited. nineteen r engines were assembled in a limited production run between 1929 and 1931. developed from the rolls-royce buzzard, it was a 37-litre (2,240 cu in) capacity, supercharged v-12 cap... | wikipedia |
1dcea709affbc83ab292209808111cb323879580 | sergei yevgenyevich berezin was a russian professional ice | sergei yevgenyevich berezin was a russian professional ice hockey player who played in the national hockey league (nhl) from 1996–97 through 2002–03. berezin, who played left wing in the nhl, was selected by the toronto maple leafs in the tenth round of the 1994 nhl entry draft. he played with the leafs until being tra... | wikipedia |
c255c01404b634d49d1c9dc8c2ea213124796b1b | over the next two seasons, berezin would play | over the next two seasons, berezin would play for four different nhl franchises. in the 2001–02 season berezin was traded by the coyotes to the montreal canadiens for brian savage and a third round draft pick. while playing in a home game for the canadiens, berezin scored the franchise's 10,000th home goal. he ended th... | wikipedia |
6249d3bdee369968acca43742fcd6199f744270c | in his first season in the nhl (1996–97) | in his first season in the nhl (1996–97) berezin scored 25 goals and had 41 points in 73 games. this production was enough to earn a spot on the nhl all-rookie team. his best nhl season was in 1998–99 when he scored 37 goals and 59 points. after the 2000–01 season berezin was traded from toronto to the phoenix coyotes ... | wikipedia |
ab8da3b6113d7ba488e9e3d11d6dad293ea169de | from 1990–1994 berezin played in russia for khimik | from 1990–1994 berezin played in russia for khimik voskresensk where, in 1993–1994, he picked up 41 points in 40 games. he was selected in the 1994 nhl entry draft in the 10th round, 256th overall by the toronto maple leafs. after being selected, berezin played in the deutsche eishockey liga (del) for the kölner haie (... | wikipedia |
ab2b85935c3d88ca597de1af022479dd05993543 | sergei yevgenyevich berezin (russian: Серге́й Евгеньевич Березин; november | sergei yevgenyevich berezin (russian: Серге́й Евгеньевич Березин; november 5, 1971 – june 26, 2024) was a russian professional ice hockey player who played in the national hockey league (nhl) from 1996–97 through 2002–03. berezin, who played left wing in the nhl, was selected by the toronto maple leafs in the tenth rou... | wikipedia |
23b1a85965d7b1f4a7d2cca30d2faedbad237e16 | on january 10, 2023, bwana and nashville mutually | on january 10, 2023, bwana and nashville mutually agreed to part ways. the following day, the player officially joined usl championship side charleston battery on a free transfer. after missing the entire season due to injury, he left charleston following the 2023 season. | wikipedia |
7e733df0294e6ee754c1e04035ff9ec67e2a68ae | bwana was signed by the sounders mls side | bwana was signed by the sounders mls side as a homegrown player on january 11, 2018. bwana made his debut for the club against expansion side los angeles fc as a substitute on march 4, 2018, an appearance which included a shot from outside the box that hit the crossbar. he started seattle's concacaf champions league qu... | wikipedia |
354093f995ad04af73d76ea15023f3865cce2b64 | bwana joined the seattle sounders fc academy in | bwana joined the seattle sounders fc academy in 2015. on september 11, 2015, bwana made his professional debut for usl club seattle sounders fc 2 in a 1–0 defeat to the orange county blues. he spent two seasons at the university of washington. | wikipedia |
7c6f13a53b98a18cbd28635432228ee844867d96 | bwana was born a somali refugee in mombasa, | bwana was born a somali refugee in mombasa, kenya, spending the first six years of his childhood at a refugee camp in kakuma in northwestern kenya. his family resettled in the united states in 2010, initially in atlanta, but later in seattle, where he attended ballard high school. bwana said "i fell in love with the ga... | wikipedia |
72ef56e84e3647cdb8e23c50a8490c5876c75236 | david amiel freedman was a professor of statistics | david amiel freedman was a professor of statistics at the university of california, berkeley. he was a distinguished mathematical statistician whose wide-ranging research included the analysis of martingale inequalities, markov processes, de finetti's theorem, consistency of bayes estimators, sampling, the bootstrap, a... | wikipedia |
a4330d6fd8c8e81ad054d0cc1b96428451dc372b | landmark articles by freedman include "statistical models and | landmark articles by freedman include "statistical models and shoe leather" (1991), "what is the chance of an earthquake?" (2003), "methods for census 2000 and statistical adjustments" (2007), and "on types of scientific enquiry: the role of qualitative reasoning" (2008). | wikipedia |
c6cc980c703f708ab81ab892f466e8dc316ac5c9 | freedman was the author or co-author of 200 | freedman was the author or co-author of 200 articles, 20 technical reports and six books, including a highly innovative and influential introductory statistics textbook, statistics (2007), with robert pisani and roger purves, which has gone through four editions. the late amos tversky of stanford university observed th... | wikipedia |
4571236f9ead1fc47bcd871e44b640fee18a4b87 | in addition to his work in forensic statistics, | in addition to his work in forensic statistics, freedman had a broad impact on the application of statistics to important medical, social, and public policy issues, such as clinical trials, epidemiology, economic models, and the interpretation of scientific experiments and observational studies. in his applied work, fr... | wikipedia |
b97026d2887b73c807b1d9bb2840dc34fd6d474c | freedman was a consulting or testifying expert on | freedman was a consulting or testifying expert on statistics in disputes involving employment discrimination, fair loan practices, voting rights, duplicate signatures on petitions, railroad taxation, ecological inference, flight patterns of golf balls, price scanner errors, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow dis... | wikipedia |
2edd839c2c5e30d069db5d749555196e9242cdc2 | freedman was born in montreal, quebec, canada, on | freedman was born in montreal, quebec, canada, on 5 march 1938. he received a b.sc. from mcgill university in 1958 and a m.a. and a ph.d. from princeton university in 1959 and 1960, respectively. he joined the university of california, berkeley department of statistics in 1961 as a lecturer and was appointed to the res... | wikipedia |
d767e36af12966200db1d7a3419ced7531197b18 | freedman was a fellow of the institute of | freedman was a fellow of the institute of mathematical statistics and the american statistical association and an elected fellow of the american academy of arts and sciences. he won the 2003 john j. carty award for the advancement of science from the national academy of sciences "for his profound contributions to the t... | wikipedia |
00d4a5051eb1316dc1184be98ea42e0243458896 | david amiel freedman (5 march 1938 – 17 | david amiel freedman (5 march 1938 – 17 october 2008) was a professor of statistics at the university of california, berkeley. he was a distinguished mathematical statistician whose wide-ranging research included the analysis of martingale inequalities, markov processes, de finetti's theorem, consistency of bayes estim... | wikipedia |
93f41c3cab8de82dee5061aac2a75e2ac49892bd | horace l. walker was an american national basketball | horace l. walker was an american national basketball association (nba) player. as a senior at michigan state university, he was named to the ap all-america third team. walker was then drafted with the sixth pick in the fourth round of the 1960 nba draft by the st. louis hawks. on june 24, 1961 he was traded to the chic... | wikipedia |
9e7f1a730f8ee72c77ffe8271c5039564f693c57 | horace l. walker (april 17, 1937 – june | horace l. walker (april 17, 1937 – june 7, 2001) was an american national basketball association (nba) player. as a senior at michigan state university, he was named to the ap all-america third team. walker was then drafted with the sixth pick in the fourth round of the 1960 nba draft by the st. louis hawks. on june 24... | wikipedia |
c19462964dae3ce8181858daa61591456ba09e76 | as a member of the czech republic men's | as a member of the czech republic men's national junior ice hockey team, mašín participated at the 2013 european youth olympic winter festival, and captained the czech team at the 2013 ivan hlinka memorial tournament, and at the 2013 world junior a challenge. | wikipedia |
94a3ee6bd33bfe94addfa7841a125fcf8728f7c1 | in his second season with amur in 2021–22, | in his second season with amur in 2021–22, mašín went scoreless in 15 regular season games before leaving the club and transferring for the remainder of the year to finnish club, ilves of the liiga, on 14 october 2021. | wikipedia |
8552ea4fe82c4406d5e5f6b333b7277caef6e880 | on 1 july 2020, a report surfaced that | on 1 july 2020, a report surfaced that mašín would sign as a restricted free agent from the lightning with russian club, amur khabarovsk of the kontinental hockey league (khl). it was later confirmed by the club on 7 august 2020. | wikipedia |
04a5f7c3c640be9c90b580ce7f7645254cb491a6 | he made his professional debut with the syracuse | he made his professional debut with the syracuse crunch on 9 april 2016 following the conclusion of his junior season. in four games with the crunch at the end of the 2015-16 ahl season, he posted zero points and a +1 rating. | wikipedia |
ff5cda8d410630f7fd156c70d53d4eef43a22408 | mašín was rated as a top prospect who | mašín was rated as a top prospect who was ranked 18th on the nhl central scouting bureau 's mid-term ranking of international skaters, rising to the 10th spot with the release of their final rankings in april 2014. he was selected by the tampa bay lightning in the second round (35th overall) of the 2014 nhl entry draft... | wikipedia |
8d90dc6f82563a381991eca88c0dab4bdfe001f6 | dominik mašín (born 1 february 1996) is a | dominik mašín (born 1 february 1996) is a czech professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing with ilves of the liiga. he formerly played as a prospect to the tampa bay lightning of the national hockey league (nhl). | wikipedia |
3f562852fa393572075321ea8ee4c4ae8c7818c6 | petter jonas granberg is a swedish professional ice | petter jonas granberg is a swedish professional ice hockey player. he is currently playing with skellefteå aik in the swedish hockey league (shl). granberg was drafted 116th overall by the toronto maple leafs in the 2010 nhl entry draft. | wikipedia |
829702336f4d371065fb9e6afaaa13a2525dee5b | in the 2017–18 season, granberg was assigned by | in the 2017–18 season, granberg was assigned by the predators to continue playing for the duration of the campaign with their ahl affiliate, the milwaukee admirals. unable to make an nhl appearance in his third season within the predators organization, granberg left as an impending restricted free agent to sign a three... | wikipedia |
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