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Siping Province
Siping may refer to: * Siping (rubber), process of cutting thin slits across a rubber surface China * Siping, Jilin (四平市) formerly Sipingjie * Siping Road Station (四平路站), in Shanghai * Siping, Liaoning (四平镇), town in Pulandian Pulandian District () is one of the seven districts under the administration of Dalian, located in the south of Liaoning province, People's Republic of China. Its area is and its permanent population is 741,230. The district borders the prefectu ... See also * * * Sipe (other) {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siping (rubber)
Siping is a process of cutting thin slits across a rubber surface to improve traction in wet or icy conditions. Siping was invented and patented in 1923 under the name of John F. Sipe. The story told on various websites is that, in the 1920s, Sipe worked in a slaughterhouse and grew tired of slipping on the wet floors. He found that cutting slits in the tread on the bottoms of his shoes provided better traction than the uncut tread. Another story is that he was a deckhand and wanted to avoid slipping on a wet deck. Tires John Sipe's invention was unsuccessful. It was applied to solid rubber tires, rather than pneumatic tires, and so the tires had poor wet grip anyway, owing to their limited contact patch. It was his son, Harry E. Sipe, who popularised the use of sipes in the USA for the new low-pressure balloon tires around 1939. The process was not applied to vehicle tires on a large scale until the 1950s, when superior tread compounds were developed that could stand up to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siping, Jilin
Siping (), formerly Ssupingkai (), is a prefecture-level city in the west of Jilin province, People's Republic of China. Located in the middle of the Songliao Plain and at the intersection of Jilin, Liaoning and Inner Mongolia, Siping covers an area of . At the 2020 census, Siping has a total population of 1,814,733 inhabitants of whom 627,957 lived in 2 urban districts. History Siping's history can be stretched to 3000 years ago during Shang Dynasty. The Yan (state), Kingdom of Yan Ruins indicate that the Han Chinese People started moving into Northeast region of China during the Spring and Autumn period. Ancient ethnic tribes such as the Buyeo kingdom, Fuyu, the Goguryeo, the Khitan people, Khitans, the Jurchen people, Jurchen, the Mongols, the Manchus, and Koreans have left behind cultural artifacts, including Hanzhou, Xinzhou, and the Yehe Tribe Cultural Artifacts. Yehe Town in Siping is also the hometown of two empresses of the Qing Dynasty, Empress Dowager Cixi and Empress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siping Road Station
Siping Road () is an interchange station between Lines Line 8 (Shanghai Metro), 8 and Line 10 (Shanghai Metro), 10 on the Shanghai Metro. It began operation on 29 December 2007. It became an interchange with Line 10 when it opened on 10 April 2010. The station is located on the boundary between Yangpu District and Hongkou District in Shanghai. Station Layout Shanghai Metro stations in Hongkou District Shanghai Metro stations in Yangpu District Railway stations in China opened in 2007 Line 8, Shanghai Metro Line 10, Shanghai Metro {{Shanghai-metro-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulandian
Pulandian District () is one of the seven districts under the administration of Dalian, located in the south of Liaoning province, People's Republic of China. Its area is and its permanent population is 741,230. The district borders the prefecture-level city of Yingkou to the north. Geography Pulandian District is located in the northern part of Dalian on the Liaodong Peninsula. It covers an area of 6968 square kilometers. It borders Zhuanghe to the east, Wafangdian to the west, Jinzhou District to the south and Greater Yingkou to the north. Its area is 2923 square kilometres. Pulandian has a long coast line on the Yellow Sea in its southeastern part and a short coastline on the Bohai Sea in its southwestern part. Administrative divisions There are 18 subdistricts under the district's administration. Subdistricts: Climate Demography Pulandian has a population of 915,595.(est. 2015) Economy Pulandian's industries are agriculture, fishing and the three main manufacturin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
