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Crank (other)
Crank may refer to: Mechanisms * Crank (mechanism), in mechanical engineering, a bent portion of an axle or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it * Crankset, the component of a bicycle drivetrain that converts the reciprocating motion of the rider's legs into rotational motion * Crankshaft, the part of a piston engine which translates reciprocating linear piston motion into rotation * Crank machine, a machine used to deliver hard labour in early Victorian prisons in the United Kingdom Places * Crank, Merseyside, a village near Rainford, England ** Crank Halt railway station in the village of Crank * Cranks, Kentucky, United States Popular culture * ''Crank'' (film), a 2006 film starring Jason Statham ** '' Crank: High Voltage'', the 2009 sequel * ''Crank'' (Hoodoo Gurus album), 1994 * ''Crank'' (novel), a 2004 book written by Ellen Hopkins * "Crank" (song), a 1993 song by the alternative rock band Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crank (mechanism)
A crank is an arm attached at a right angle to a rotating shaft by which circular motion is imparted to or received from the shaft. When combined with a connecting rod, it can be used to convert circular motion into reciprocating motion, or vice versa. The arm may be a bent portion of the shaft, or a separate arm or disk attached to it. Attached to the end of the crank by a pivot is a rod, usually called a connecting rod (conrod). The term often refers to a human-powered crank which is used to manually turn an axle, as in a bicycle crankset or a brace and bit drill. In this case a person's arm or leg serves as the connecting rod, applying reciprocating force to the crank. There is usually a bar perpendicular to the other end of the arm, often with a freely rotatable handle or pedal attached. Examples Familiar examples include: Hand-powered cranks * Spinning Wheel * Mechanical pencil sharpener * Fishing reel and other reels for cables, wires, ropes, etc. *Starting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crank (The Almighty Album)
''Crank'' is the fourth studio album released by Scottish rock band the Almighty. Two singles, "Jonestown Mind" and "Wrench", were released from the album in multiple parts in the United Kingdom. Music videos were made for both singles. ''Crank'' peaked at #15 in the UK albums chart. The cover artwork, showing an angel throwing a Molotov cocktail at a planet (earth) made out of money was created by noted British artist and anarchist Jamie Reid, who also designed the famous ransom note cover for the Sex Pistols album, ''Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols''. The album was remastered and re-released only in Japan under the Victor Entertainment label including all the studio b-sides from singles released from the album. Andy Cairns, frontman of the rock band Therapy?, contributed vocals to several tracks. Track listing All songs written by Ricky Warwick except as indicated # "Ultraviolent" – 3:25 # "Wrench" – 4:13 # "The Unreal Thing" – 4:02 # "Jonestown Mind" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crank Of A Partition
In number theory, the crank of a partition of an integer is a certain integer associated with the partition. The term was first introduced without a definition by Freeman Dyson in a 1944 paper published in Eureka, a journal published by the Mathematics Society of Cambridge University. Dyson then gave a list of properties this yet-to-be-defined quantity should have. In 1988, George E. Andrews and Frank Garvan discovered a definition for the crank satisfying the properties hypothesized for it by Dyson. Dyson's crank Let ''n'' be a non-negative integer and let ''p''(''n'') denote the number of partitions of ''n'' (''p''(0) is defined to be 1). Srinivasa Ramanujan in a paper published in 1918 stated and proved the following congruences for the partition function ''p''(''n''), since known as Ramanujan congruences. * ''p''(5''n'' + 4) ≡ 0 (mod 5) * ''p''(7''n'' + 5) ≡ 0 (mod 7) * ''p''(11''n'' + 6) ≡ 0 (mod 11) These congruences imply that partitions of numbers of the form 5'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crank Conjecture
In mathematics, the crank conjecture was a conjecture about the existence of the crank of a partition that separates partitions of a number congruent to 6 mod 11 into 11 equal classes. The conjecture was introduced by and proved by . References * *{{Citation , last1=Dyson , first1=Freeman J. , title=Some guesses in the theory of partitions , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nnyNUidX1OMC&pg=PA51 , id=Reprinted in Selected papers of Freeman Dyson Freeman John Dyson (15 December 1923 – 28 February 2020) was an English-American theoretical physicist and mathematician known for his works in quantum field theory, astrophysics, random matrices, mathematical formulation of quantum m ... with commentary , year=1944 , journal=Eureka (Cambridge) , volume=8 , pages= 10–15, isbn=9780821805619 Number theory Conjectures that have been proved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crank (surname)
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Crank is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anthony Crank, British television presenter * John Crank (1916–2006), British mathematical physicist * Marion Crank (1915-1994), Arkansas politician * Patrick Crank, American lawyer See also * Krank (other) * Cronk (surname) *Crook (surname) Crook is an Old Norse surname. Notable people with the surname include: * A. R. Crook (1864–1930), American geologist * Al Crook (''Alfred John Crook''; 1897–1958), American football player * Alan Crook (1897–1965), Australian electrical engi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cranks (restaurant)
Cranks was a chain of English wholefood vegetarian restaurants. It was founded and owned by David and Kay Canter and Daphne Swann, and its flagship restaurant was at Marshall Street in the West End of London. History The first Cranks opened at 22 Carnaby Street, London, in 1961. In 1968 there were 16 vegetarian restaurants in London and 18 in the United Kingdom at the time. Although by no way the first vegetarian restaurant in the U.K. – Sir George Newnes, 1st Baronet opened a successful vegetarian restaurant in Manchester as early as the 1880s In the 1950s, David Canter had become persuaded that good health depended on unrefined wholefoods and a vegetarian diet. While he was converting premises in Carnaby Street for the Craft Potters Association (of which he was a co-founder), a vacant bakery came on to the market nearby and Canter decided to take it. At that time Carnaby Street was, in Canter's words "not swinging, but a street of small shops and cafés."David Canter, Kay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine (contracted from ) is a potent central nervous system (CNS) stimulant that is mainly used as a recreational drug and less commonly as a second-line treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and obesity. Methamphetamine was discovered in 1893 and exists as two enantiomers: levo-methamphetamine and dextro-methamphetamine. ''Methamphetamine'' properly refers to a specific chemical substance, the racemic free base, which is an equal mixture of levomethamphetamine and dextromethamphetamine in their pure amine forms. It is rarely prescribed over concerns involving human neurotoxicity and potential for recreational use as an aphrodisiac and euphoriant, among other concerns, as well as the availability of safer substitute drugs with comparable treatment efficacy such as Adderall and Vyvanse. Dextromethamphetamine is a stronger CNS stimulant than levomethamphetamine. Both racemic methamphetamine and dextromethamphetamine are illicitly trafficked and sol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Substituted Amphetamine
Substituted amphetamines are a class of compounds based upon the amphetamine structure; it includes all derivative compounds which are formed by replacing, or substituting, one or more hydrogen atoms in the amphetamine core structure with substituents. The compounds in this class span a variety of pharmacological subclasses, including stimulants, empathogens, and hallucinogens, among others. Examples of substituted amphetamines are amphetamine (itself), methamphetamine, ephedrine, cathinone, phentermine, mephentermine, bupropion, methoxyphenamine, selegiline, amfepramone (diethylpropion), pyrovalerone, MDMA (ecstasy), and DOM (STP). Some of amphetamine's substituted derivatives occur in nature, for example in the leaves of ''Ephedra'' and khat plants. Amphetamine was first produced at the end of the 19th century. By the 1930s, amphetamine and some of its derivative compounds found use as decongestants in the symptomatic treatment of colds and also occasionally as psychoac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prank Call
A prank call (also known as a crank call) is a telephone call intended by the caller as a practical joke played on the person answering. It is often a type of nuisance call. It can be illegal under certain circumstances. Recordings of prank phone calls became a staple of the obscure and amusing cassette tapes traded among musicians, sound engineers, and media traders in the United States from the late 1970s. Among the most famous and earliest recorded prank calls are the Tube Bar prank calls tapes, which centered on Louis "Red" Deutsch. Comedian Jerry Lewis was an incorrigible phone prankster, and recordings of his hijinks, dating from the 1960s and possibly earlier, still circulate to this day. Very prominent people have fallen victim to prank callers, for example Elizabeth II, who was fooled by Canadian DJ Pierre Brassard posing as Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, asking her to record a speech in support of Canadian unity ahead of the 1995 Quebec referendum. Two othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crank (person)
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Crank! A Record Company
crank! A Record Company was an independent record label which was started by Jeff Matlow in September 1994. The label "played a huge role in the spreading of emo in the mid-’90s", according to ''Alternative Press'' magazine. The label's first release was a 7" by Vitreous Humor, released under the name Geerhead Records; all subsequent releases were issued as Crank!. Verbicide Magazine, February 4, 2003. Artists * Acrobat Down * * |
Crank (song)
"Crank" is a song by English alternative rock band Catherine Wheel, released 28 June 1993 by Fontana Records. It was the first single from their 1993 album '' Chrome''. The song remains one of the most popular songs from Catherine Wheel. The song reached No. 66 on the UK Singles Chart OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 2010-10-08. and No. 5 in the US on ''Billboard'''s Modern Rock Tracks chart. Track listing ** UK 12" vinyl picture disc **# "Crank" – 3:46 **# "Black Metallic" ( Pee ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
