On Thursday, in his first public comments on the accident, Robert D. LiMandri, the commissioner of the city's Buildings Department, said, "Our engineers have found defects in the hoisting system of the crane that failed, and as a result, the maintenance and operation of the crane in the days and weeks prior to this tragic accident has become the focus of our investigation".
Otis sold his first three elevators for $300 apiece and went on to the 1854 exposition at the Crystal Palace in Manhattan, where he demonstrated "the first elevator wherein provision was made for stopping the fall of the car in the contingency of the breaking of the hoisting cables".
During its motion, the hoisting rope of mass per unit length (rho) had a variable length (l(t)) and an axial velocity (V = mathop llimits^ (t)) where the over dot denoted time differentiation.
It has all the hoisting it can stand".
Another tradition is the hoisting of prayer flags on rooftops, tents, hilltops, and almost anywhere a Tibetan can be found.
With the hoisting of this huge banner across Fifth Aveenue, Metropolitan Bleak Job Week got under way with a bang.
With the hoisting of this huge banner across Fifth Aveenue, Metropolitan Bleak Job Week got under way with a bang..
Weights on the sea floor hold down the hoisting rig, which is buoyant to make attachment easier.
Hector came to tell him that below them in the hold the backing drum, a crucial part of the hoisting engine, was reeling in its cable.
Such debris is indeed a problem, given the number of launches that have happened since the hoisting of Sputnik in 1957.
Then the hoisting of lead actor Chiwetel Ejiofor into position: "He was in a full body rig but it was still extremely painful being suspended for so long".
