Two factors dictate the design of an ideal brace: 1  Joints adjacent to the thumb CMC joint must be excluded to maximize function when wearing the brace; thus a design using three points of pressure cannot be used. 2  The brace must specifically prevent CMC dorsal translation.
Expansion valve. An expansion valve is a valve used for different purposes: Steam engines. A valve used to control the expansion of steam: Expansion valve (steam engine) The best-known of these was the Meyer expansion valve, the invention of Jean-Jacques Meyer.
Type of material: Glass. A stained glass window in memory of Richard Trevithick, the famous Cornish inventor and engineer who was known as the 'father of the locomotive engine', was presented to Westminster Abbey by the President of the Institute of Civil Engineers and unveiled in the nave in 1888.e was 6 feet 2 inches in height and known as a powerful wrestler! In 1797 he married Jane (1772-1868), daughter of John Harvey, and had six children: Richard, John, Francis, Frederick, Anne and Elizabeth. He died in poverty at Dartford in Kent and was buried in the churchyard there.