The WALKING CRANE, strelovoj a rotary crane on a column which is established on 2-4-êîëåñíûõ the carriages transposed on one rail. The top of a column is retained by rollers in two balks. Carrying capacity up to 10 t, a flying out of a boom of 3-7 m.

BICYCLE SPORT, races on a racetrack, highway, a uneven terrain, and also competition in figurate driving and the game in a ball on velocipedes - velobol and velopolo. Has engendered in Europe in 1860th. In the program of Olympic Games with 1896; world championships on a racetrack with 1893, on highway with 1921, in enclosed spaces with 1929, on cross-country with 1950; Europe - only on races in enclosed spaces with 1930. In the International union of bicyclists (UCI; it is based in 1900) 152 countries (1991).

VELS (Vielona), in Baltic mythology htonicheskoe the godhood guarding showers died. Was considered also as the god of cattle.

VELUND, in the Scandinavian mythology the close smith to gods about which destiny it is told in " to the Song about Velunde " in " the Higher Edda ".

The WHALEBOAT (from English whale-boat - the whaling boat), express 4-8-âåñåëüíàÿ the boat with acute educations of naze and a stern. Distinguish razezdnye and rescue. Were applied in a whale - fishery.

VELVA, in the Scandinavian mythology providitsa; about existence for ancient germen of the women - prophetesses honored as the godhood, Roman historian Tatsit mentions. In " the Higher Edda " a mouth velvy transmits the story about an origin of gods and the future extremity of the world (" Oracle Velvy ").

VELVET FABRIC (velveteen) (from English velvet - a velvet), dense cotton or a synthetic fabric having on front face longitudinal scars from weft nap (a velvet fabric - cord - broad, a velvet fabric - scar - fine-bored). From a velvet fabric sew jackets, costumes, etc.

VELVETON, an all-over-colored closely woven fabric with the mild heavy-bodied combed nap on a front face. Apply primarily to sewing sport wear.

WELWITSCHIA, stem of gymnosperms of a set velvichievyh. 1 kind, in deserts on a southwest of Africa. The trunk a dia up to 1,2 m hardly acts above ground; 2 remnevidnyh coriaceous creeping a leaf (length of 2-3 m, sometimes up to 8 m, width up to 1,8 ì). Lives up to 2000 flying.

BEELZEBUB, in the New testament a name of the chapter of demons.

VELMO, the river in west Vost. Siberia, the left-handed in-leak of Stony Tunguska. 504 kms, the area of basin of 33,8 thousand êì2. It is navigable from a mouth r. Teja.

VELSK, city (with 1780) in the Russian Federation, the Archangelical region, for a lockin r. Vel in r. A crowbar. A depot. 26,8 thousand inhabitants (1992). Lesoobrabatyvajushchaja, a woodchemical industry; machine works; meat and milk combines. A study of local lore museum. It is known with 1137.

"VELT" (" Die Welt "), the daily newspaper in Germany, with 1946, Hamburg.

VELTMAN Alexander Fomich (1800-70), the Russian writer, corresponding member Petersburg AN (1854). In a cycle of novels " the Adventures obtained from starving everyday " (1846-63) - mixture of fancy and substantial, risky and household plans. Roman "Wanderer" (hours 1-3, 1831-1832).

VELFLIN Genrih (1864-1945), the Swiss critic. Has developed an assay techniques of art style, applying her for probes " psychologies of epoch ", and then " methods of vision " - formal grades to which Velflin reduced the characteristics of art of epoch or peoples.

VELFY (Welfen), a german princely stem, dukes of Bavaria (with 1070) and Saxony (with 1137). In extirpation with SHtaufenami Velfy (Genrih the Lion) have sufferred a defeat (1180) and have deprived a large part of possessions.

VELHAVEN (Welhaven) JUhan Sebastjan (1807-73), the Norwegian poet. Verses (collections 1839, 1860) spirit of patriarchal national romanticism.

VELHAUZEN (Wellhausen) JUlius (1844-1918), the german orientalist. Transactionses on an ancient history of Jews, a medieval history of arabs, islamovedeniju.

WAELZ PROCESS, extraction of metals (Zn, Pb, Cd, etc.) a distillation at heating in the rotated furnace of polymetallic waste products of leaden, copper and stannic manufactures.

VELYAMINOV Vasily Vasiljevich (?-1373), last Moscow tysjatsky, the representative staromoskovskogo a seignioral stem. In the infancy of prince Dmitry Donskogo one of chiefs of the Moscow government.