Search results for "Valve" - New World Encyclopedia
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- that as temperature rises opens a valve to cooling water to speed controllers such the cruise control system in an automobile. The programmable ...16 KB (2,145 words) - 04:49, 5 November 2022
- after undocking from space station Salyut 1. A valve on their spacecraft had accidentally opened when the service module separated, letting their air ...15 KB (2,112 words) - 18:25, 19 August 2023
- since most have a single shell, or valve, which is characteristically coiled or spiraled, as in snails, limpets, abalones, cowries, whelks, ...20 KB (2,800 words) - 08:45, 8 March 2023
- A side effect of the lead additives was protection of the valve seats ... fuel without need for additives to prevent valve problems. ...47 KB (6,891 words) - 04:38, 18 April 2024
- of life preservers, and Goodyear noticed that the valve used to inflate the preservers did not operate well. He created his own design, and reported ...19 KB (3,096 words) - 19:08, 4 December 2023
- on the two sides of the piston was one. A throttle valve to control the power of the engine, and a centrifugal governor to keep it from "running ...20 KB (3,129 words) - 08:53, 1 April 2024
- amount of oxygen using a regulator valve. However, extended, heavy use of inhaled nitrous oxide has been associated with Olney's Lesions. ...20 KB (2,927 words) - 02:28, 16 November 2022
- A traditional fountain is an arrangement where water issues from a source (Latin fons), fills a basin of some kind, and is drained away. Fountains ...20 KB (2,954 words) - 06:37, 1 April 2024
- The invention of the piston and rotary valve by Stolzel and Bluhmel, both Silesians, in 1815, was the first in a series of innovations, including ...22 KB (3,200 words) - 00:24, 30 May 2023
- [[Image:Walschaerts_motion.gif|frame|Walschaerts valve gear in a steam locomotive. In this animation, the red color represents live steam entering ...22 KB (3,331 words) - 07:49, 9 March 2023
- equipped with a governor, a centripetal feedback valve for controlling the speed of the engine. Alfred Russel Wallace identified this as the principle ...22 KB (3,161 words) - 06:51, 12 January 2024
- in pressure by passing through a throttling valve or other throttling device. This process is one of the simplest unit operations. ...29 KB (4,405 words) - 15:30, 29 January 2024
- A calculator is a device for performing calculations. Modern calculators often incorporate a general-purpose computing system, but they are often ...24 KB (3,458 words) - 18:22, 25 November 2023
- Siemens AG, instead of the more common solenoid valve devices. === Frequency standard === The piezoelectrical properties of quartz are useful ...25 KB (3,464 words) - 06:13, 24 November 2022
- are usually fitted with a non-return valve, which eliminates this need. The air supply is provided to the bag which then supplies its air to ...25 KB (3,916 words) - 05:41, 26 August 2023
- Bubber Miley. Later in the decade, Juan Tizol’s valve trombone added a third voice for that instrument. His smooth, atmospheric playing had a Latin ...22 KB (3,452 words) - 17:20, 12 February 2024
- can. At the bottom of the TDU is a large ball valve. An ice plug is set on top of the ball valve to protect it, the cans on top of the ice plug. ...65 KB (10,100 words) - 13:44, 28 April 2023
- special part of the tongue called the "palatal valve" closes off their respiratory system when they are underwater. This way they can open ...25 KB (3,728 words) - 20:22, 3 June 2020
- prone areas include installation of an earthquake valve to instantly shut off the natural gas supply to the property, seismic retrofits of property ...28 KB (4,048 words) - 15:27, 29 January 2024
- His wife June Carter Cash died of complications following heart valve replacement surgery on May 15, 2003, at the age of 73. June had told Cash ...23 KB (3,723 words) - 06:42, 27 February 2023
