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  2. Metal detector - Wikipedia

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    Charles Garrett, the founder of Garrett Metal Detectors, was another key figure in the creation of today's metal detectors. Garrett, an electrical engineer by profession, began metal detecting as a pastime in the early 1960s. He tried a number of machines on the market but couldn't find one that could do what he needed.

  3. Garrett Motion - Wikipedia

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    Garrett Motion Inc., formerly Honeywell Transportation Systems and Honeywell Turbo Technologies, is an American company primarily involved in engineering, development and manufacturing of turbochargers and related forced induction systems for ground vehicles from small passenger cars to large trucks and industrial equipment and construction ...

  4. Mechanically powered flashlight - Wikipedia

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    This, along with the long-life light-emitting diode which does not burn out like an incandescent bulb, give the flashlight a long lifetime, making it a useful emergency light. A disadvantage of many current models is that the supercapacitor cannot store much energy in comparison to a lithium-ion cell, limiting the operating time per charge.

  5. Pointing stick - Wikipedia

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    However, the recalibration can also allow brief periods of 'drifting' (movement of the pointer while the user is not moving the pointing stick). [7] In practice, if the re-calibration interval is set too short and if the user applies moderately consistent pressure to the stick for such an interval, this method results in an incorrect zero point.

  6. The Dawning Light - Wikipedia

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    Norvis is shown what the Great Light really is, and how far away it is. He sees his planet from above, the first Nidorian to do so. Smith explains that when the Earthmen first encountered Nidor, it was the first time they had found a species they had anything in common with, albeit one that had no inkling of other worlds, because they never saw ...

  7. Remove before flight - Wikipedia

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    A remove before flight ribbon on Concorde landing gear A remove before flight keychain. Remove before flight is a safety warning often seen on removable aircraft and spacecraft components, typically in the form of a red ribbon, to indicate that a device, such as a protective cover or a pin to prevent the movement of mechanical parts, is only used when the aircraft is on the ground (parked or ...

  8. Bitcoin falls to lowest level since November as Trump rally ...

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    Bitcoin continued a decline Thursday to touch its lowest levels since November, trading as low as $91,600.The cryptocurrency's recent descent comes after it had climbed to record highs in the wake ...

  9. Galvanometer - Wikipedia

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    A beam of light reflected from the mirror falls on a graduated scale across the room, acting as a long mass-less pointer. The mirror galvanometer was used as the receiver in the first trans-Atlantic submarine telegraph cables in the 1850s, to detect the extremely faint pulses of current after their thousand-mile journey under the Atlantic.