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Baulk Road Crossing
Baulk may refer to: * , areas on various types of billiard table * , a wall of intact earth in an archaeological excavation * Baulk road, a type of railway track * Baulking :* Water polo#Baulking, Baulking, tactic used in water polo to trick a goalkeeper into thinking that the player is shooting :* Baulking, a village in Oxfordshire England * Baulk Head to Mullion, a coastal site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Cornwall, England See also * Balk (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baulk Road
Baulk road is the name given to a type of railway track or 'rail road' that is formed using rails carried on continuous timber bearings, as opposed to the more familiar 'cross-sleeper' track that uses closely spaced sleepers or ties to give intermittent support to stronger rails. Baulk road was popularised by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for his broad gauge railways in the UK, but has also been used for other railways and can still be found in modified form in special locations on present day railways. Development Brunel sought an improved design for the railway track needed for the Great Western Railway (GWR), authorised by Act of Parliament in 1835 to link London and Bristol. He refused to accept received wisdom without challenge. The gauge that had been adopted by most railways at that time had been fine for small mineral trucks on a horse-drawn tramway, but he wanted something more stable for his high-speed railway. The large diameter wheels used in stage coaches gave bett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Polo
Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the most goals at the end of the game wins the match. Each team is made up of six field players and one goalkeeper. Excluding the goalkeeper, players participate in both offensive and defensive roles. It is typically played in an all-deep pool where players cannot touch the bottom. A game consists mainly of the players swimming to move about the pool, treading water (mainly using the eggbeater kick), passing the ball, and shooting at the goal. Teamwork, tactical thinking and awareness are also highly important aspects. Water polo is a highly physical and demanding sport and has frequently been cited as one of the most difficult to play. Special equipment for water polo includes a water polo ball, a ball of varying colors which floats on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baulking
Baulking or Balking is a village and civil parish about southeast of Faringdon in the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 Boundary Changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. Topography The parish is bounded to the north and north-west by the River Ock, to the south by its tributary Stutfield Brook and to the east by field boundaries. The village is arranged along a large, elongated village green running north–south, on the side of a slight rise of land bounded on two sides by a bend in the river. History Saxon charters record the manor as ''Bedelacinge'' in 948 and as ''Baðalacing'' and ''Badalacing'' in 963. ''Balking'' and ''Bedelakinges'' are other 10th-century spellings of the name. 12th-century forms included ''Badeleching'' in a pipe roll from 1121 and ''Badeking'' in other records. A charter from about 1200 records it as ''Badeleking'' and another dated 1286 records it as ''Bathelking''. Later spellings include ''Bauking' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baulk Head To Mullion
Baulk Head to Mullion is a coastal Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Cornwall, England, UK, noted for both its biological and geological characteristics. Geography The site straddles the west coast of the Lizard Peninsula, from Baulk Head in the north to Mullion Cove in the south, within the civil parishes of Mullion and Gunwalloe.Ordnance Survey: Explorer map sheet 103 ''The Lizard'' The South West Coast Path runs through the SSSI and parts of the coastline are owned by the National Trust. Flora and fauna The SSSI contains several plant species listed in the Red Data Book of rare and endangered plant species, such as Hairy Greenweed, the moss '' Pottia starkenna'', part of the Pottiaceae family, Fringed Rupturewort ('' Herniaria ciliolata'') and the only recently recorded instances of wild leek (''Allium ampeloprasum ''Allium ampeloprasum'' is a member of the onion genus ''Allium''. The wild plant is commonly known as wild leek or broadleaf wild leek. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
