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Threshers (secret Society)
Thresher may refer to: *Threshing machine (or thresher), a device that first separates the head of a stalk of grain from the straw, and then further separates the kernel from the rest of the head: :: Pedal powered thresher, a low-tech threshing machine that is operated using pedals. *Thresher shark, a type of shark with a distinctly scythe-shaped tail * USS Thresher refers to two United States Navy submarines, named after the Thresher shark: :: USS ''Thresher'' (SS-200), a ''Tambor''-class submarine that served in World War II :: USS ''Thresher'' (SSN-593), the lead ship of her class of nuclear-powered attack submarines and was lost by accident on 10 April 1963 *Threshers (First Quench Retailing), a UK off licence chain *''Rice Thresher'', the undergraduate student newspaper of Rice University *Clearwater Threshers, a minor league baseball team in the Florida State League * Threshers (secret society), an Irish secret society A secret society is a club or an organization whose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Threshing Machine
A threshing machine or a thresher is a piece of farm equipment that threshes grain, that is, it removes the seeds from the stalks and husks. It does so by beating the plant to make the seeds fall out. Before such machines were developed, threshing was done by hand with flails: such hand threshing was very laborious and time-consuming, taking about one-quarter of agricultural labour by the 18th century. Mechanization of this process removed a substantial amount of drudgery from farm labour. The first threshing machine was invented circa 1786 by the Scottish engineer Andrew Meikle, and the subsequent adoption of such machines was one of the earlier examples of the mechanization of agriculture. During the 19th century, threshers and mechanical reapers and reaper-binders gradually became widespread and made grain production much less laborious. Michael Stirling is said to have invented a rotary threshing machine in 1758 which for forty years was used to process all the corn on his f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grain
A grain is a small, hard, dry fruit (caryopsis) – with or without an attached hull layer – harvested for human or animal consumption. A grain crop is a grain-producing plant. The two main types of commercial grain crops are cereals and legumes. After being harvested, dry grains are more durable than other staple foods, such as starchy fruits (plantains, breadfruit, etc.) and tubers ( sweet potatoes, cassava, and more). This durability has made grains well suited to industrial agriculture, since they can be mechanically harvested, transported by rail or ship, stored for long periods in silos, and milled for flour or pressed for oil. Thus, the grain market is a major global commodity market that includes crops such as maize, rice, soybeans, wheat and other grains. Grains and cereal Grains and cereal are synonymous with caryopses, the fruits of the grass family. In agronomy and commerce, seeds or fruits from other plant families are called grains if they resemble c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Threshers, Pedal Powered
Threshing is a key part of agriculture that involves removing the seeds or grain from plants (for example rice or wheat) from the plant stalk. In the case of small farms, threshing is done by beating or crushing the grain by hand or foot, and requires a large amount of hard physical labour. A simple thresher with a crank can be used to make this work much easier for the farmer. In most cases it takes two people to work these: one person to turn the crank and the other to feed the grain through the machine. These threshers can be built using simple materials and can improve the efficiency of grain threshing. They can also be built with pedals, or be attached to a bicycle, so that the person operating it can simply pedal to reduce the work even more and make threshing faster. Threshers can be made in a number of ways using simple tools, and can be used in the harvesting of maize/corn, rice, wheat, sorghum, pearl millet, and any other grain or seed that must be separated from a sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thresher Shark
Thresher sharks are large lamniform sharks of the family Alopiidae found in all temperate and tropical oceans of the world; the family contains three extant species, all within the genus ''Alopias''. All three thresher shark species have been listed as vulnerable to extinction by the World Conservation Union since 2007 (IUCN). All are popular sport fish. In addition, they are hunted for their meat, livers (for shark liver oil), skin (for leather), and fins for use in shark-fin soup. They do not appear to be a threat to humans. Taxonomy The genus and family name derive from the Greek word , , meaning fox. As a result, the long-tailed or common thresher shark, ''Alopias vulpinus'', is also known as the fox shark. The common name is derived from a distinctive, thresher-like tail or caudal fin which can be as long as the body of the shark itself. Species The three extant thresher shark species are all in the genus ''Alopias''. The possible existence of a hitherto unrecognize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scythe
A scythe ( ) is an agricultural hand tool for mowing grass or harvesting crops. It is historically used to cut down or reap edible grains, before the process of threshing. The scythe has been largely replaced by horse-drawn and then tractor machinery, but is still used in some areas of Europe and Asia. Reapers are bladed machines that automate the cutting of the scythe, and sometimes subsequent steps in preparing the grain or the straw or hay. The word "scythe" derives from Old English ''siðe''. In Middle English and later, it was usually spelt ''sithe'' or ''sythe''. However, in the 15th century some writers began to use the ''sc-'' spelling as they thought (wrongly) the word was related to the Latin ''scindere'' (meaning "to cut"). Nevertheless, the ''sithe'' spelling lingered and notably appears in Noah Webster's dictionaries. A scythe consists of a shaft about long called a ''snaith'', ''snath'', ''snathe'' or ''sned'', traditionally made of wood but now sometimes me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Thresher
USS ''Thresher'' has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to: * , a submarine in commission from 1940 to 1945 and in 1946 * , a submarine commissioned in 1961 and lost in 1963 See also * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thresher, Uss United States Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Thresher (SS-200)
was the most decorated United States Navy submarine of World War II, with 15 battle stars and a Navy Unit Commendation. ''Thresher'' was the third of twelve ''Tambor''-class submarines that were commissioned. All twelve fought in the war, and she was one of five to survive it. Her keel was laid down 27 May 1939 at the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 27 March 1940 sponsored by Mrs. Margaret Cox Jones, wife of RADM Claud A. Jones and commissioned on 27 August 1940, with Lieutenant Commander William Lovett Anderson in command. Sea trials Following training and sea trials, ''Thresher'' got underway from New London, Connecticut on 25 October 1940 for engineering trials in Gravesend Bay, New York, and shakedown off the Dry Tortugas. She operated along the East Coast through the end of 1940 and into 1941. She set sail on 1 May 1941 for the Caribbean Sea, ''en route'' for Pearl Harbor, transiting the Panama Canal on 9 May, stopping in San Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Thresher (SSN-593)
USS ''Thresher'' (SSN-593) was the lead boat of her class of nuclear-powered attack submarines in the United States Navy. She was the U.S. Navy's second submarine to be named after the thresher shark. On 10 April 1963, ''Thresher'' sank during deep-diving tests about east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, killing all 129 crew and shipyard personnel aboard. It is the second-deadliest submarine incident on record, after the 1942 loss of the French submarine ''Surcouf'', in which 130 crew died. Her loss was a watershed for the U.S. Navy, leading to the implementation of a rigorous submarine safety program known as SUBSAFE. The first nuclear submarine lost at sea, ''Thresher'' was also the third of four submarines lost with more than 100 people aboard, the others being ''Argonaut'', lost with 102 aboard in 1943, '' Surcouf'' sinking with 130 personnel in 1942, and ''Kursk'', which sank with 118 aboard in 2000. Significance of design and loss Created to find and destroy Soviet su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Quench Retailing
First Quench Retailing was the largest independent off-licence retail chain in the UK, with around 1,300 shops operating under several retail brands, though all have now been closed. At the time of First Quench's closure, these included the Threshers, Haddows, The Local and Wine Rack chains. Its head office was based in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. On 29 October 2009 it was announced that the company had gone into administration. History The company was originally formed as First Quench Retailing by the merger of the Whitbread owned Threshers and the Allied Domecq owned Victoria Wine in August 1998. This brought together the 1,470 ''Thresher Wine Shop'', ''Drinks Cabin'', ''Wine Rack'', "Bottoms Up" and ''Huttons'' brands with around 1,500 ''Victoria Wine, Wine Cellar'', ''Haddows'', ''Martha's Vineyard'', and ''The Firkin''. Allied Domecq later sold their 50% of the company to Punch Taverns in September 1999. In November 1991, Threshers, then owned by Whitbread alone, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Off Licence
Off or OFF may refer to: Art and entertainment * ''Off'' (video game), a video game by Mortis Ghost. *Sven Väth, German DJ and singer who uses the pseudonym OFF * ''Off'' (album), by Ciwan Haco, 2006 * ''Off!'' (album), by Off! *Off!, an American hardcore punk band *"Off", a song by Royce da 5'9" from ''Layers'' *"Off", a song by the American band Bright from their self-titled album *Our Favorite Family, a nickname for the Simpson family in the animated television series ''The Simpsons'' Computing *OFF (file format), for polygon meshes * Open Font Format * Owner-Free File System, a P2P network Government and politics *Offutt Air Force Base, near Omaha, Nebraska *Oil-for-Food Programme, the United Nations arrangement with Iraq in existence from 1995 to 2003 *United States Office of Facts and Figures (OFF); see OWI (United States Office of War Information) Other uses * Of, a city in Turkey *Off, spoiled, as in drinks and foods that have exceeded their shelf life *Off side, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rice Thresher
''The Rice Thresher'' is the weekly student newspaper of Rice University in Houston, Texas. It was first published in 1916. It has an estimated circulation of 3,000 and is distributed throughout the university and its surrounding areas. The ''Thresher'' has won numerous awards from journalism organizations like the Society of Professional Journalists The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), formerly known as Sigma Delta Chi, is the oldest organization representing journalists in the United States. It was established on April 17, 1909, at DePauw University,2009 SPJ Annual Report, letter ..., Texas Intercollegiate Press Association, the College Media Association (CMA), and the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP), including Best Newspaper for a 4-year University under 5,000 from CMA (2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022), two All-American ratings from ACP (2009–2010, 1995–1996), and four Newspaper Pacemaker Finalist Awards (2018, 2017, 2003, 2000). In 2019, the ''Thresher'' wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clearwater Threshers
The Clearwater Threshers are a Minor League Baseball team of the Florida State League and the Single-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. They are located in Clearwater, Florida, and have played their home games at BayCare Ballpark since 2004. They previously played at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium from 1985 to 2003. The team began play in 1985 as the Clearwater Phillies and were named for their Major League Baseball affiliate. Clearwater became the Threshers in 2004 when the team moved to the new Spectrum Field. Clearwater Phillies Clearwater city officials approached the Philadelphia Phillies as early as 1981 about locating a Phillies minor league affiliate at Jack Russell Stadium in Clearwater. In July 1982, in a visit to Philadelphia, Clearwater city officials and the president of the Florida State League again asked the Philadelphia Phillies about affiliating with a team to be based in Clearwater. The Amateur Softball Association Clearwater Bombers had long used Jac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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