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Capstan
Vertical axis rotating machine used to control or apply force to a cable
A capstan is a vertical-axled rotating machine developed for use on sailing ships to multiply the pulling force of sailors when hauling ropes, cables
Capstan_(nautical)
British brand of unfiltered cigarettes
Capstan is a British brand of unfiltered cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Imperial Brands. The brand dwindled in popularity when the health
Capstan_(cigarette)
Formula relating load-force and hold-force on a line wound around a cylinder
The capstan equation or belt friction equation, also known as the Euler-Eytelwein formula describes the tension required to cause slippage of a flexible
Capstan_equation
American post-hardcore band
Capstan is an American post-hardcore band from Orlando, Florida. To date, the band has released six EPs and three studio albums. The band was formerly
Capstan_(band)
Musical project by Dean Wells
The Capstan Shafts is the musical project of American lo-fi artist Dean Wells. He has been releasing material under the Capstan Shafts name since 1999
The_Capstan_Shafts
Mechanism that guides tape through a device
rollers, which press against the capstan, thus providing friction necessary for the capstan to pull the tape. The capstan is always placed downstream (in
Tape_transport
German musical software company
innovative product for its Direct Note Access (DNA). In 2011, Celemony released Capstan, a stand-alone audio restoration software that eliminates wow and flutter
Celemony_Software
Metro Vancouver SkyTrain station
Capstan is an elevated station on the Canada Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. It is located at the intersection of No. 3 Road
Capstan_station
Group of rocks in Antarctica
The Capstan Rocks (64°57′S 63°26′W / 64.950°S 63.433°W / -64.950; -63.433) are a small group of rocks, sometimes awash at high water and in strong
Capstan_Rocks
Designated place in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Capstan Island Capstan Island is a designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Located along the Labrador Straits or Strait
Capstan_Island
T.49 Capstan is a British two-seat glider of the 1960s built by Slingsby Sailplanes as a replacement for their earlier Type 42 Eagle. The Capstan is a
Slingsby_Capstan
City Centre in British Columbia, Canada
Brighouse Village, Oval Village, Lansdowne Village, Aberdeen Village, Capstan Village, Bridgeport Village, and Southeast. It is the most populous area
Richmond City Centre, British Columbia
Richmond_City_Centre,_British_Columbia
1972–75 Omani operation of the Dhofar Rebellioin
"Capstan" below the escarpment. The plan depended both on being able to construct an airstrip on the ridge and on finding a water source on "Capstan"
Operation_Simba
City in British Columbia, Canada
considered critical to the project. A fifth Richmond station at Capstan Way (No. 3 Road and Capstan Way) was originally planned, but was cancelled in March 2009
Richmond,_British_Columbia
Mechanical device
without affecting its rotational speed. It is mechanically related to the capstan seen on ships. Its most widely known use is in power steering on automobiles
Torque_amplifier
1912 maritime disaster
hull mingled with her more durable fittings, like the propellers, bronze capstans, compasses and the telemotor. The number of casualties of the sinking is
Sinking_of_the_Titanic
Rhythmic work song sung on sailing vessels
The tunes are generally plaintive and monotonous, as are most of the capstan tunes of sailors, but resounding over the still waters of the Bay, they
Sea_shanty
Worker in lifting, landing and assembly of large or heavy objects
or motorised such as a crane or derrick or chain hoists (chain fall) or capstan winch. The term comes from the days of sailing ships, when a rigger was
Rigger_(industry)
Mining device
or a horse capstan, is a device similar to a windlass which is used in mining for hauling materials to the surface. It comprises a capstan or a wide drum
Whim_(mining)
Metalworking lathe
gun turret. Capstan lathe is the usual name in the UK and Commonwealth, though the two terms are also used in contrast: see below, Capstan versus turret
Turret_lathe
American folk song
Sailors heading down the Mississippi River picked up the song and made it a capstan shanty that they sang while hauling in the anchor. This boatmen's song
Oh_Shenandoah
Protective suit worn in low-pressure environments
One method used for this is known as a capstan suit, which uses a compressible inflatable tube known as the capstan, enclosed by alternating fabric strips
Pressure_suit
Italian publishing house
American Tobacco British American Tobacco British-Australasian Tobacco Bowman Capstan Churchman's Donruss Fleer Futera Gallaher Group Godfrey Phillips Goodwin
Panini_Group
Musical instrument
its keys, each of which causes a length of magnetic tape to contact a capstan, which pulls it across a playback head. As the key is released, the tape
Mellotron
Weightlifting device inside ships
refers only to horizontal winches. Vertical designs are correctly called capstans. Horizontal windlasses make use of an integral gearbox and motor assembly
Anchor_windlass
High end hifi cassette deck
the quartz-controlled capstans were spread apart to ensure the trailing (braking) capstan always lagged behind the leading capstan by 0.2%, in either forward
Nakamichi_Dragon
Structural connector designed to protect from shock
inertia mass. The inertial resistance of the mass engages the resilient capstan to tighten around a hardened mandrel, which is part of the structural tube
Mechanical_snubber
Cultural heritage site and marina on Antigua in Antigua and Barbuda
Canvas, Cordage & Clothing Store behind Nelson's Dockyard: capstans within the remains of the Capstan House, galley behind Nelson's Dockyard: view to Freemans
Nelson's_Dockyard
Apparatus for tuning stringed musical instruments
consists of a cylinder or capstan, mounted at the center of a pinion gear, a knob or "button" and a worm gear that links them. The capstan has a hole through
Machine_head
Magnetic tape format introduced by IBM in 1964
digital tape drive requires precise control, accomplished by a capstan motor. The capstan motor is designed for very smooth operation. Feedback to the control
9-track_tape
Siege tower
and required 3,400 men working in relays to move it, 200 turning a large capstan driving the wheels via a belt, and the rest pushing from behind. The casters
Helepolis
Japanese consumer electronics brand
heads, a dual capstan drive that reduced wow and flutter, and Dolby-B noise reduction to improve the signal-to-noise ratio. The dual capstan drive ensured
Nakamichi
Audio cassette format
Microcassette, introduced by Olympus, the Mini-Cassette does not use a capstan drive system; instead, the tape is propelled past the tape head by the
Mini-Cassette
British battleship (1906–1919)
– officers' cabin; 15 – escape trunk; 16 – vent; 17 – capstan; 18 – trimming tank; 19 – capstan engine room; 20 – submerged torpedo room; 21 – 12 in shellroom;
HMS_Dreadnought_(1906)
Australian tobacco manufacturer
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British-Australasian Tobacco Company
British-Australasian_Tobacco_Company
Tape recorder component
of tape recorder and player. The magnetic tape is squeezed between the "capstan" (a precision shaft driven at constant speed) and the pinch wheel and so
Pinch_wheel
Former English tobacco company
1914 and relaunched in 1962 with coupons. Other popular brands included Capstan and Passing Clouds. The company also made cigar brands such as Castella
W.D._&_H.O._Wills
Line of portable audio players by Sony
with the unit's main motor being directly coupled to the 'disc' of the capstan flywheel assembly while lying perpendicular to it within the unit. This
Walkman_DD_series
Machine tool used to remove material from a rotating workpiece
lathes are more expensive than entry-level center lathes. Turret lathes and capstan lathes are members of a class of lathes that are used for repetitive production
Metal_lathe
Metal tool used for prying or leverage
archaic term for a bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various other purposes
Handspike
Metro Vancouver SkyTrain station
Edward Oakridge–41st Avenue ■ Langara–49th Avenue Marine Drive Bridgeport ■ Capstan Aberdeen Lansdowne Richmond–Brighouse Airport branch Bridgeport ■ Templeton
Willowbrook station (SkyTrain)
Willowbrook_station_(SkyTrain)
Indian cigarette brand
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Gold_Flake
Topics referred to by the same term
T49 may refer to: Boeing CT-49, an American trainer Slingsby T.49 Capstan, a British glider Sukhoi T-49, a prototype Soviet fighter Wright T49, a turboprop
T49
Brand of Cuban cigarettes
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Romeo_y_Julieta_(cigarette)
Study of the deformation of bodies in the presence of frictional effects
tension distribution in the rope in this final situation is described by the capstan equation, with solution: T ( ϕ ) = T hold , ϕ ∈ [ ϕ hold , ϕ intf ] T (
Frictional_contact_mechanics
American rock band
tour in late February and early March. In March and April, they joined Capstan on the Cult Tour alongside True North and Not Enough Space. In July, Colorblind
Colorblind_(band)
Traditional song
lyrical lament and it was also used as a sea shanty, especially at the capstan. It is very well known in Britain, Ireland, and America, despite the fact
The_Leaving_of_Liverpool
Metro Vancouver SkyTrain station
Edward Oakridge–41st Avenue ■ Langara–49th Avenue Marine Drive Bridgeport ■ Capstan Aberdeen Lansdowne Richmond–Brighouse Airport branch Bridgeport ■ Templeton
152_Street_station
Cuban brand of cigars
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Trinidad_(cigar)
Participatory art movement and format
Zombies Mars Attacks Wacky Packages Manufacturers Allen & Ginter Bushiroad Capstan Cartamundi Churchman's Cryptozoic Entertainment Dart Flipcards Decipher
Artist_trading_cards
Mechanical device used to adjust rope tension
on the wire/rope (see yacht photo above), are called capstans. Despite this, sailboat capstans are most often referred to as winches. Winches are the
Winch
Mining museum in Neath Port Talbot, Wales
Steam capstan engine for cable changing
Cefn_Coed_Colliery_Museum
City in the United States
Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan Capstan Glass Company, Connellsville, PA (1919-1938) - brief article showing the "Capstan" mark on utilitarian containers
Connellsville,_Pennsylvania
deviation of frequency caused by irregular mechanical motion, e.g., that of capstan angular velocity in a tape transport mechanism, during operation. Electronic
Flutter (electronics and communication)
Flutter_(electronics_and_communication)
DI unit
engineer of Motown, Golden World Records, Terra-Shirma Studios, Metro-Audio Capstan Roller Remote recording, and United Sound Systems in Detroit, Michigan
Wolfbox
Local service district / designated place in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
(Notre Dame Bay) Straitsview DPLs only Bloomfield Brigus Junction Britannia Capstan Island Champneys-English Harbour Croque Deep Bay Fortune Harbour Frederickton
Dildo, Newfoundland and Labrador
Dildo,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador
Steam-powered winch or logging engine
Sailing fishing vessels on the North sea operated vertical steam-driven capstans called 'the donkey' to haul fishing lines and nets, some of which are still
Steam_donkey
Steam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheels
hands of men. In its hull, or hollow interior, oxen, yoked in pairs to capstans, turn wheels attached to the sides of the ship; paddles, projecting above
Paddle_steamer
Type of trading card
American Tobacco British American Tobacco British-Australasian Tobacco Bowman Capstan Churchman's Donruss Fleer Futera Gallaher Group Godfrey Phillips Goodwin
Refractor_card
Weightlifting device using pulleys
sometimes used on boats to raise the anchor as an alternative to a vertical capstan (see anchor windlass). The handle used to open locks on the UK's inland
Windlass
Process of sorting rolling stock into complete trains
restrictions) shunting operations have in the past been effected by horses or capstans.[citation needed] A railcar mover (also called a shunt vehicle in Australia
Shunting_(rail)
British cigarette brand
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Woodbine_(cigarette)
Scottish tobacco manufacturing company
v t e Imperial Brands Brands Cigarettes Atika Bastos Cabinet Capstan Cohiba Colt Davidoff Ducados Embassy Ernte 23 Fortuna Gauloises Gitanes Horizon JPS
Stephen_Mitchell_&_Son
Rapid transit line in Metro Vancouver, Canada
to 110,000 per day. In September 2021, construction began on Capstan station at Capstan Way; the station opened in December 2024. The Canada Line was
Canada_Line
Piano mechanism
the other side of the pivot point rises. The capstan (2) is on the rising side of the key. The rising capstan lifts the wippen (3), which is connected to
Action_(piano)
American cigarette brand
v t e Imperial Brands Brands Cigarettes Atika Bastos Cabinet Capstan Cohiba Colt Davidoff Ducados Embassy Ernte 23 Fortuna Gauloises Gitanes Horizon JPS
Salem_(cigarette)
Australian brand of cigarette rolling paper
v t e Imperial Brands Brands Cigarettes Atika Bastos Cabinet Capstan Cohiba Colt Davidoff Ducados Embassy Ernte 23 Fortuna Gauloises Gitanes Horizon JPS
Tally-Ho_(rolling_papers)
American brand of cigarettes
v t e Imperial Brands Brands Cigarettes Atika Bastos Cabinet Capstan Cohiba Colt Davidoff Ducados Embassy Ernte 23 Fortuna Gauloises Gitanes Horizon JPS
Maverick_(cigarette)
Brand of cigars and cigarettes
v t e Imperial Brands Brands Cigarettes Atika Bastos Cabinet Capstan Cohiba Colt Davidoff Ducados Embassy Ernte 23 Fortuna Gauloises Gitanes Horizon JPS
Montecristo_(cigar)
line. Lacks a Quartz lock and Dolby C from the D6C. But fitted with a capstan Disc Drive and capable of recording on Chrome cassette tapes. WM-34 1986
List_of_Sony_Walkman_products
Sea shanty about Mexican General Santa Anna
wrote that "Santianna" was originally a pump shanty, but became a popular capstan shanty in the call and response form. Hugill states that there were many
Santianna
Tobacco cigar brand
v t e Imperial Brands Brands Cigarettes Atika Bastos Cabinet Capstan Cohiba Colt Davidoff Ducados Embassy Ernte 23 Fortuna Gauloises Gitanes Horizon JPS
Dutch_Masters_(cigar)
American rock band
day, November 16, they performed at the final Hope Fest, headlined by Capstan, in Lakeside, Florida. The band continued to release singles with "Outside"
Magnolia_Park_(band)
Cigarette brand
v t e Imperial Brands Brands Cigarettes Atika Bastos Cabinet Capstan Cohiba Colt Davidoff Ducados Embassy Ernte 23 Fortuna Gauloises Gitanes Horizon JPS
Winston_(cigarette)
Japanese cigarette brand
v t e Imperial Brands Brands Cigarettes Atika Bastos Cabinet Capstan Cohiba Colt Davidoff Ducados Embassy Ernte 23 Fortuna Gauloises Gitanes Horizon JPS
Mevius
British actress
Bill Anjie (1997); Karen (2003) 2 episodes 1997 Wing and a Prayer Maria Capstan Episode: "The Greater Good" 2000 City Central Brenda Episode: "Respect"
Sally_Ann_Matthews
Canadian company
Zombies Mars Attacks Wacky Packages Manufacturers Allen & Ginter Bushiroad Capstan Cartamundi Churchman's Cryptozoic Entertainment Dart Flipcards Decipher
Dart_Flipcards
Device for recording video and audio on magnetic tape
has to be precisely synchronized with the motion of the tape through the capstan, so a control track of synchronizing pulses is recorded. The other two
Video_tape_recorder
Trading card series
Zombies Mars Attacks Wacky Packages Manufacturers Allen & Ginter Bushiroad Capstan Cartamundi Churchman's Cryptozoic Entertainment Dart Flipcards Decipher
Dinosaurs_Attack!
Aircraft company in North Yorkshire, England
Skylark 3 Slingsby T.45 Swallow Slingsby T.46 (a.k.a. T.21C) Slingsby T.49 Capstan Slingsby T.50 Skylark 4 Slingsby T.51 Dart Slingsby T.53 Slingbsy T.56
Slingsby_Aviation
Town in Kent, England
sailing on to the beach in front of the capstan, with a man standing in the sea ready to fasten the capstan rope to the chain strop that went through
Deal,_Kent
French tobacco paraphernalia brand
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Rizla
Navigational barrier
raising and lowering could be accomplished by a windlass mechanism or a capstan. Booms or chains could be broken by a sufficiently large or heavy ship
Boom_(navigational_barrier)
System of canal locks in Scotland
operated by capstans, each with four poles, which had to make seven full revolutions to open or close a gate. Each gate leaf had two capstans, one to open
Neptune's_Staircase
Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland
Viewpoint platform, with views over Gourock and the Clyde to Cowal, and toposcope on capstan at corner of footpath above crags
Lyle_Hill
Lower centreline structural element of a ship or boat hull
Beakhead Bilge Bilgeboard Bitts Bollard Boom brake Bow or prow Bowsprit Cable Capstan Cathead Carpenter's walk Centreboard Chains Cockpit Companionway Crow's
Keel
Cassette deck manufactured from 1985–1990
Typical double-capstan tape transport of the 1980s employed direct drive only for the leading (pulling) capstan; the trailing (braking) capstan would be belt-driven
Revox_B215
Brand of Cuban cigars
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Romeo_y_Julieta_(cigar)
American bubble gum and trading card manufacturer
American Tobacco British American Tobacco British-Australasian Tobacco Bowman Capstan Churchman's Donruss Fleer Futera Gallaher Group Godfrey Phillips Goodwin
Bowman_(brand)
Small community in Cornwall, England
bad weather or storms approached. This would take place day or night. A capstan similar to that visible today in Mullion Cove was used but in the 19th
Mullion_Cove
Water kobold that assists fishermen and sailors
without danger. One must go alone at night between 12 and 1 o'-clock to the capstan-hole (German: Spillloch), and look between the legs and past the hole.
Klabautermann
Early videotape format
specifications: S/N > 40 dB Playback: about 200-lines of image resolution Capstan Tape speed (EIA) 11.25 inches (286 mm) per second (20 minute reel) / (CCIR)
1/4_inch_Akai
American brand of menthol cigarettes
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Kool_(cigarette)
Ferry service in Metro Vancouver
Edward Oakridge–41st Avenue ■ Langara–49th Avenue Marine Drive Bridgeport ■ Capstan Aberdeen Lansdowne Richmond–Brighouse Airport branch Bridgeport ■ Templeton
SeaBus
Stairway in Jamestown, Saint Helena
power was provided by a team of three donkeys at the top that rotated a capstan connected to the cars by an iron chain and pulleys. Termite damage to the
Jacob's_Ladder_(Saint_Helena)
Monument in Rome depicting the Blessed Virgin Mary
some firemen who turned some capstans and so raised it. There were sixteen men to each capstan and a great many capstans which, at the sound of a bugle
Column of the Immaculate Conception, Rome
Column_of_the_Immaculate_Conception,_Rome
Tobacco Company in Ireland
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William_Clarke_&_Son
British tobacco company
Bastos (cigarette) Ducados Dutch Masters (cigar) Backwoods Smokes Brandon's Capstan Carlton Crowns Davidoff Embassy Escort Excellence Fortuna Gauloises Gitanes
Imperial_Brands
American cigarette brand
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More_(cigarette)
CAPSTAN
CAPSTAN
CAPSTAN
CAPSTAN
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
A Single String of Pearls
Girl/Female
Tamil
Moon of autumn
Boy/Male
German
Majestic dignity; grandeur.
Boy/Male
Celtic English
From the bright valley.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Fame
Girl/Female
Japanese American
Three arrows; temple.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Great and Little Henny in Essex, named with Old English hēan (dative case of hēah ‘high’) + ēg ‘island’, ‘land partly surrounded by water’.
Male
Italian
Pet form of Italian Giovanni, GIANNINO means "God is gracious."
Girl/Female
Tamil
Happiness, Joy, Cheerful
Girl/Female
Muslim
Fatty. Plump.
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n.
A low, flat vessel, resembling a barge, furnished with cranes, capstans, and other machinery, used in careening ships, raising weights, drawing piles, etc., chiefly in the Mediterranean; a lighter.
n.
A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket.
v. t.
To remove or detach, as any part or implement, from its proper position or connection when in use; as, to unship an oar; to unship capstan bars; to unship the tiller.
n.
A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.
n.
A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes.
n.
A large capstan or vertical drum turned by horse power or steam power, for raising ore or water, etc., from mines, or for other purposes; -- called also whim gin, and whimsey.
n.
To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan).
n.
The drumhead of a capstan; especially, the drumhead of the lower of two capstans on the sane axis.
n.
The drum upon which the rope is wound in a capstan, crane, or the like.
v. t.
Any mechanical hold, or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle, capstan, and the like; also, the apparatus, tackle, or device by which the advantage is gained.
n.
A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body through a small distance. It consists of a lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack.
n.
The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.
n.
A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor. It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by hand or steam.
n.
One of the longitudinal ribs or ridges on the barrel of a capstan or a windless; -- usually in the plural; as, the whelps of a windlass.
n.
A framework of heavy timber surrounding an opening in a deck, to strengthen it for the support of a mast, pump, capstan, or the like.
n.
Something which rotates about an axis, as a wheel, or the drum of a capstan.
v. t.
To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.
n.
A rope used to retain the bars of the capstan in their sockets while men are turning it.
n.
A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.
n.
A hawser passed round the capstan, and having its two ends lashed together to form an endless rope or chain; -- formerly used for heaving in the cable.