Coast Railways and Railway Artillery

Artillery Shells over Circinus

The recently identified Circinus Galaxy is the nearest (∼ 4 Mpc) Seyfert 2 galaxy known and we now demonstrate to be one of the best laboratories for studying the effects of nuclear activity3 on the surrounding environment. Here we present new imaging Fabry-Perot observations of Circinus which confirm the existence of an ionization cone in this object but also show for the first time a complex ...

Smart Computing Applications in Railway Systems - A case study in Indian Railways Passenger Reservation System

The demand for safe, fast, and reliable rail services continues to be the reason for concern in all the countries across the globe. Lack of operational efficiency and reliability, safety and security issues, and aging railway systems and practices are haunting various countries to bring about a change in their existing rail infrastructure. The global rail industry struggles to meet the increasi...

The Microbiology of Railway Tracks Towards a Rational Use of Herbicides on Swedish Railways

Cederlund H. 2006. The microbiology of railway tracks – towards a rational use of herbicides on Swedish railways. Doctoral thesis. Swedish railways are regularly treated with herbicides in order to keep the track beds free from weeds. However, finding appropriate preparations and dosages that provide a good weed control but that are still environmentally acceptable, has proven to be difficult. ...

Artillery Shells in Orion

Near{infrared imaging of the Orion Molecular Cloud has revealed that an explosive event occurred in its core within the past 1000 years, ejecting at least a score of dense knots of gas at several 100 km/s.

Testing Naval Artillery and Other Things