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Yes, I think it's already been discussed - the gearing that synchronises the crankshafts and provides power for the ancillaries of the Napier Deltic.

Napier did wonderfully over-the-top engines e.g. Culverin (from whence came Deltic) Lion, Dagger, Sabre, Deltic, Nomad et al.
 
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Mickyjb said:
Yes, I think it's already been discussed - the gearing that synchronises the crankshafts and provides power for the ancillaries of the Napier Deltic.

Napier did wonderfully over-the-top engines e.g. Culverin (from whence came Deltic) Lion, Dagger, Sabre, Deltic, Nomad et al.
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Yes fantastic engineering design.
 
That sort of thing rdoes make you wonder about the rest of the car, especially in regards to road worthiness doesn't it.
 
They’re, very nearly, the first part of the punchline to an old joke…
 
The penny and half penny look remarkable like old South Africa coins. The ship on the half penny was the Domedaris for Van Riebeeck. The figure on the penny was justice?
 
The threepenny piece has the plant Thrift.
Thrift is known as tonna chladaich in Gaelic which means beach wave. In Welsh, it is called clustog fair, meaning Mary's pillow. Thrift was used as an emblem on the old 12-sided threepenny coin as a reminder of the importance of spending money wisely during the wars.
The half penny was the Golden Hind.
And the Lady on the penny was,
Britannia

Since her reappearance in 1672, Britannia has never been absent from the nation's coins. Over the years she became more and more associated with the sea. On the famous cartwheel pennies and twopences of 1797 she was shown seated on rocks in the sea, with a ship in the background and her spear replaced by a trident.
 
Ok time for a Sherry nightcap, and a read up on Dover Castle, in the 1210 to 1225 times.

See Dover Castle like NEVER before: Incredible digital model recreates the original https://mol.im/a/13643035 via https://dailym.ai/android

An interesting fact which was not mentioned is the King Phillip II of France invented Sandles for his fighting troops. And named them after his full name, Phillips De Philloppe
 
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The threepenny piece has the plant Thrift.
Thrift is known as tonna chladaich in Gaelic which means beach wave. In Welsh, it is called clustog fair, meaning Mary's pillow. Thrift was used as an emblem on the old 12-sided threepenny coin as a reminder of the importance of spending money wisely during the wars.
The half penny was the Golden Hind.
And the Lady on the penny was,
Britannia

Since her reappearance in 1672, Britannia has never been absent from the nation's coins. Over the years she became more and more associated with the sea. On the famous cartwheel pennies and twopences of 1797 she was shown seated on rocks in the sea, with a ship in the background and her spear replaced by a trident.
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I do find it remarkable, when looking at the old pre-decimal coinage, to remember how big the coins were when compared to the later, decimal ones.

Some more Trivia: As a school kid in the 60's, I remember being tought that some of the coins also could be used as weights and measures.

The halfpenny had a diameter of an inch, so 12 of them (sixpen'orth) laid in a line would measure one foot.

The penny, it weighed one third of an ounce, so three equalled one ounce.

It appears that old pennies are still used to regulate the Elizabeth Tower Clock (sometimes erroneously referred to as Big Ben). Apparently, adding one penny causes the clock to gain two-fifths of a second in 24 hours.
 
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