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Tell-Tale Tess
Telltale or tell-tale may refer to: Advisory devices in vehicles: * Tell-tale (spacecraft), a status indicator in a spacecraft control system * Tell-tale (sailing), a piece of fabric attached as a guide for adjusting a sail * Tell-tale (bridges), cords or chains suspended from bridges to warn vehicle drivers of low clearance * Tell-tale (automotive), a light to signal a problem in a vehicle * Yaw string, or telltale, a short string to indicate aircraft movement * A hole in the firebox of a steam engine to warn of corrosion * A safety device on a British Railways Mark 1 railway carriage linking the communication cord with the railway line Other: * ''Telltale'' (TV series), a 1993 ITV miniseries, starring Bernard Hill and Nigel Harrison * ''Tell-Tale'' (film), a 2009 film based on "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe * Telltale Games Telltale Incorporated (trade name: Telltale Games) was an American video game developer based in San Rafael, California. The company was fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tell-tale (spacecraft)
In space systems a tell-tale is a single-bit status indicator that is included in telemetry or is used within the spacecraft's on-board software to signal conditions that must be tracked or acted upon, especially when the status changes. A tell-tale may continually change as the status it is tracking changes, or, it may change once upon change of status and then remain at that value until deliberately cleared. The latter type of tell-tale is known as a "sticky-bit" because its value "sticks", that is, remains constant, once it has been set. The Phoenix spacecraft contains another type of tell-tale, developed by the University of Aarhus in Denmark, as part of its ''Meteorological Station''. It is a small tube that is deflected by the martian wind, similar to a sailing tell-tale. The science payload's stereo camera A stereo camera is a type of camera with two or more lenses with a separate image sensor or film frame for each lens. This allows the camera to simulate human binocu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tell-tale (sailing)
A tell-tale, in a nautical or sailing context, is a piece of yarn or fabric attached to a sail, a stay, or any rigging on a sailboat. Typically, a tell-tale is on a port and a starboard stay. Tell-tales attached to a sail are used as a guide for trimming (adjusting) a sail. On the mainsail tell-tales may be placed on the leech (aft edge) and when trimmed properly should be streaming backwards while on a beat (upwind). When placed on the luff (forward or mast edge of the mainsail) they are used to indicate that the sail is luffing or coming head to wind. The solution is to bear away from the wind or sheet in. On the jib there may be tell-tales on both sides of the luff of the sail. As a general guide, the windward tell-tale should stream aft (backwards) with an occasional lift, the leeward front tell-tale should stream aft when on a beat to windward. If one tell-tale begins to spiral, it is indicating the sail has detached air flow on that side. To correct this the sail needs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tell-tale (bridges)
A tell-tale, also known as a bridge warning, is a series of ropes suspended over railway tracks to give warning to the engineer, and more importantly the brakeman who may be scampering across the tops of the cars A car or automobile is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of ''cars'' say that they run primarily on roads, Car seat, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport private transport#Personal transport, people in ..., that the train is approaching a low-clearance obstacle, such as a tunnel or a bridge. In the US, a standard tell-tale design had ropes on centers for a width of over the track, the bottom of the ropes lower than the height of the obstruction, and placed at least before the obstruction. Tell-tales are also used to warn trucks and other tall vehicles of low-clearance bridges on roads and highways. In this context, chains are used instead of ropes, and it is frequently the sound of the chains knocking against the truck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tell-tale (automotive)
A tell-tale, sometimes called an idiot light or warning light, is an indicator of malfunction or operation of a system, indicated by a binary (on/off) illuminated light, symbol or text legend. The "idiot light" terminology arises from popular frustration with automakers' use of lights for crucial functions which could previously be monitored by gauges, so a troublesome condition could be detected and corrected early. Such early detection of problems with, for example, engine temperature or oil pressure or charging system operation is not possible via an idiot light, which lights only when a fault has already occurred – thus providing no advance warnings or details of the malfunction's extent. The Hudson automobile company was the first to use lights instead of gauges for oil pressure and the voltmeter, starting in the mid-1930s. Regulation Automotive tell-tales are regulated by automobile safety standards worldwide. In the United States, National Highway Traffic Safety Admin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaw String
The yaw string, also known as a slip string, is a simple device for indicating a slip or skid in an aircraft in flight. It performs the same function as the slip-skid indicator ball, but is more sensitive, and does not require the pilot to look down at the instrument panel. Technically, it measures sideslip angle, not yaw angle, but this indicates how the aircraft must be yawed to return the sideslip angle to zero. It is typically constructed from a short piece or tuft of yarn placed in the free air stream where it is visible to the pilot. In closed-cockpit aircraft, it is usually taped to the aircraft canopy. It may also be mounted on the aircraft's nose, either directly on the skin, or elevated on a mast, in which case it may also be fitted with a small paper cone at the trailing end. They are commonly used on gliders, but may also be found on jet aircraft (especially fighters), ultralight aircraft, light-sport aircraft, autogyros, airplanes and helicopters. Its usefulness on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firebox (steam Engine)
In a steam engine, the firebox is the area where the fuel is burned, producing heat to boil the water in the boiler. Most are somewhat box-shaped, hence the name. The hot gases generated in the firebox are pulled through a rack of tubes running through the boiler. Steam locomotive fire tube firebox In the standard steam locomotive fire-tube boiler, the firebox is surrounded by water space on five sides. The bottom of the firebox is open to atmospheric pressure, but covered by fire grates (solid fuel) or a firing pan (liquid fuel). If the engine burns solid fuel, like wood or coal, there is a grate covering most of the bottom of the firebox to hold the fire. An ashpan, mounted underneath the firebox and below the grates, catches and collects hot embers, ashes, and other solid combustion waste as it falls through the grates. In a coal-burning locomotive, the grates may be shaken to clean dead ash from the bottom of the fire. They are shaken either manually or (in larger locomotiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Railways Mark 1
British Railways Mark 1 is the family designation for the first standardised designs of railway carriages built by British Railways (BR) from 1951 until 1974, now used only for charter services on the main lines or on preserved railways. Following nationalisation in 1948, BR had continued to build carriages to the designs of the "Big Four" companies (the Great Western, Southern, London, Midland and Scottish and London and North Eastern railways), and the Mark 1 was intended to be the standard carriage design for use across all lines, incorporating the best features of each of the former companies' designs. It was also designed to be much stronger than previous designs, to provide better protection for passengers in the event of a collision or derailment. The Mark 1 coaches were built in two distinct tranches: the early vehicles (1951–1960) and the 'Commonwealth' stock (named from the type of bogie used) from 1961 onwards. Construction The design was used for hauled passe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telltale (TV Series)
''Telltale'' is a three-part television crime drama series set in South Wales, this series was produced by HTV Wales for the ITV Network, first aired on ITV from 10 to 24 June 1993. The drama stars Bernard Hill, Nigel Harrison, Robert Pugh and Rachel Davies, and involves an opportunist criminal puts his and his family's lives in danger when he turns supergrass. Cast * Bernard Hill as DS Gavin Douglas * Nigel Harrison as DS Paul Herbert * Robert Pugh as Billy Hodge * Rachel Davies as Doreen Hodge * Beth Morris as Rosie Douglas * Melanie Walters Melanie Walters (born 30 January 1962) is a Welsh actress who has worked frequently in television. She is best known for playing Gwen West in the BBC sitcom ''Gavin & Stacey'' and Emma, a vampire in the third series of '' Being Human''. Early ... as Jean Herbert Episodes References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Telltale (Tv Series) 1993 British television series debuts 1993 British television series endings 1990s British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tell-Tale (film)
''Tell-Tale'' is a 2009 science fiction horror film inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's 1843 short story "The Tell-Tale Heart". It is directed by Michael Cuesta and stars Josh Lucas, Lena Headey, and Brian Cox and is produced by Tony Scott Anthony David Leighton Scott (21 June 1944 – 19 August 2012) was an English film director and producer. He was known for directing highly successful action and thriller films such as '' Top Gun'' (1986), '' Beverly Hills Cop II'' (1987), ''D ... and Ridley Scott. A man's recently transplanted heart leads him on a frantic search to find the donor's killer before a similar fate befalls him. Plot In Providence, a husband and his wife die in a botched robbery; we see flickers of his last memories. His heart goes to Terry Bernard, a single father raising a girl with a rare degenerative disease. After the operation, Terry has flashes of memory from the last moments of the dead donor's life. Then, he recognizes one of the donor's killers and follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telltale Games
Telltale Incorporated (trade name: Telltale Games) was an American video game developer based in San Rafael, California. The company was founded in July 2004 by former LucasArts developers Kevin Bruner, Dan Connors and Troy Molander, following LucasArts' decision to leave the adventure game genre. Telltale established itself to focus on adventure games using a novel Episodic games, episodic release schedule over digital distribution, creating its own game engine, the Telltale Tool, to support this. It closed in October 2018 after filing for bankruptcy protection. Telltale's initial successes were on games using intellectual property, intellectual properties with small but dedicated fan bases, including ''Sam & Max'', ''Wallace & Gromit'', ''Homestar Runner'', and ''Bone (comic), Bone''. Around 2010, the studio gained more lucrative licensing opportunities in more mainstream properties such as ''Back to the Future (franchise), Back to the Future'' and ''Jurassic Park''. Telltale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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