Sakrepatna

Sakharayapatna is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India.It is located in the Kadur taluk of Chikkamagaluru district in Karnataka. Demographics As of 2001 India census, Sakrepatna had a population of 5550 with 2808 males and 2742 females.

Sabhasad Bakhar

Sabhasad Bakhar Author Krishnaji Anant Sabhasad Original title Shri-Shiva-Prabhuche-Charitra Country India Language Marathi Subject Biography of Shivaji Genre Bakhar Publication date 1697 Shri-Shiva-Prabhuche-Charitra (IAST: Śrī-Śiva-Prabhuce-Caritra), better known as Sabhasad Bakhar, is a Marathi language biography of Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Empire. It was written by Krishnaji Anant Sabhasad at Jinji, at the court of Shivaji’s son Rajaram in 1697. The text describes several notable events in

Royal warrant of appointment

Royal warrants of appointment have been issued for centuries to tradespeople who supply goods or services to a royal court or certain royal personages. The royal warrant enables the supplier to advertise the fact that they supply to the issuer of the royal warrant; thus lending prestige to the supplier. Royal families of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Monaco, Denmark, Sweden,

Roller mill

Roller mills are mills that use cylindrical rollers, either in opposing pairs or against flat plates, to crush or grind various materials, such as grain, ore, gravel, plastic, and others. Roller grain mills are an alternative to traditional millstone arrangements in gristmills. Roller mills for rock complement other types of mills, such as ball mills and hammermills, in such industries as the mining and processing of ore and construction aggregate; cement milling; and recycling. Contents

Rocket

A rocket (from Italian: rocchetto, lit. ‘bobbin/spool’) is a projectile that spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle use to obtain thrust from a rocket engine. Rocket engine exhaust is formed entirely from propellant carried within the rocket. Rocket engines work by action and reaction and push rockets forward simply by expelling their exhaust in the opposite direction at high speed, and can therefore work in the vacuumof space. In fact, rockets work more efficiently in space than in an

Robert Clive

Major-General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive KB, FRS (29 September 1725 – 22 November 1774), also known as Clive of India, was the first British Governorof the Bengal Presidency. He is credited along with Warren Hastings for laying the foundation of the British Empire in India. He began as a writer (the term used then in India for an office clerk) for the East India Company (EIC) who established

Repeating crossbow

The repeating crossbow (Chinese: 連弩; pinyin: Lián Nŭ) is a Chinese crossbow that was invented during the Warring States period, and remained in use until the late Qing dynasty. It is also known as the Zhuge crossbow(Chinese: 諸葛弩; pinyin: Zhūgě nǔ, also romanized Chu-ko-nu) due to its association with the Three Kingdoms-era strategist Zhuge Liang (181–234 AD). Contents   1History 2Designs 3Utility 4See also 5Notes 5.1Works cited 6Bibliography 7External links History Main article: History

Real versus nominal value (economics)

In economics, nominal value is measured in terms of money, whereas real value is measured against goods or services. A real value is one which has been adjusted for inflation, enabling comparison of quantities as if the prices of goods had not changed on average. Changes in value in real terms therefore exclude the effect of inflation. In contrast with a real value,

Razmnama

The Razmnāma (Book of War) (رزم نامہ) is a Persian translation of the Hindu epic poem Mahabharata, commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Akbar. In 1574, Akbar started an Maktab Khana or a house of translation works in his new capital of Fatehpur Sikri. He assigned the work to a few officials to translate the Sanskrit books Rajatarangini, Ramayana and Mahabharata into the Persian language, the literary language of the

Precious metal

Precious metals are rare, naturally occurring metallic chemical elements of high economic value. Chemically, the precious metals tend to be less reactive than most elements (see noble metal). They are usually ductile and have a high lustre. Historically, precious metals were important as currency but are now regarded mainly as investment and industrial commodities. Gold, silver, platinum, and palladium each have an ISO 4217 currency code. The best known precious metals are the coinage metals, which are