Definition of VICKERS. Meaning of VICKERS. Synonyms of VICKERS

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word VICKERS. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word VICKERS and, of course, VICKERS synonyms and on the right images related to the word VICKERS.

Definition of VICKERS

No result for VICKERS. Showing similar results...

Vickers-Maxim automatic machine gun
Vickers-Maxim automatic machine gun Vick"ers-Max"im automatic machine gun An automatic machine gun in which the mechanism is worked by the recoil, assisted by the pressure of gases from the muzzle, which expand in a gas chamber against a disk attached to the end of the barrel, thus moving the latter to the rear with increased recoil, and against the front wall of the gas chamber, checking the recoil of the system.

Meaning of VICKERS from wikipedia

- Vickers was a British engineering company that existed from 1828 until 1999. It was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry by Edward Vickers and his father-in-law...
- The Vickers machine gun or Vickers gun is a water-cooled .303 British (7.7 mm) machine gun produced by Vickers Limited, originally for the British Army...
- Vickers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alfred Gomersal Vickers (1810–1837), British marine-painter Andrew Vickers (born 1967)...
- Edward Vickers (1804-1897) was the founder of Naylor Vickers & Co. which became Vickers Limited. Vickers was a successful miller who invested his money...
- Vickers-Armstrongs Limited was a British engineering conglomerate formed by the merger of the ****ets of Vickers Limited and Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth...
- 1826. Vickers may also refer to: Vickers (surname) Baroness Vickers, a life peerage awarded to Joan Vickers, Baroness Vickers (1907–1994) Vickers Aircraft...
- Wellington, the other being the Vickers Wellesley. A larger heavy bomber aircraft designed to Specification B.1/35, the Vickers Warwick, was developed in parallel...
- Martha Vickers (born Martha MacVicar; May 28, 1925 – November 2, 1971) was an American model and actress. Vickers was born Martha MacVicar in Ann Arbor...
- The Vickers Viscount is a retired British medium-range turboprop airliner first flown in 1948 by Vickers-Armstrongs. A design requirement from the Brabazon...
- The Vickers hardness test was developed in 1921 by Robert L. Smith and George E. Sandland at Vickers Ltd as an alternative to the Brinell method to measure...