enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. List of drill and tap sizes - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_drill_and_tap_sizes

    For both of these rules of thumb (85%/90% and major minus pitch), the tap drill size yielded is not necessarily the only possible one, but it is a good one for general use. The 85% and 90% rules works best in the range of 1 ⁄ 4 –1 in (6.4–25.4 mm), the sizes most important on many shop floors. Some sizes outside that range have different ...

  3. Drain-waste-vent system - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drain-waste-vent_system

    A sewer pipe is normally at neutral air pressure compared to the surrounding atmosphere.When a column of waste water flows through a pipe, it compresses air ahead of it in the system, creating a positive pressure that must be released so it does not push back on the waste stream and downstream traps, slow drainage, and induce potential clogs.

  4. Trap (plumbing) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap_(plumbing)

    In domestic applications, traps are typically U, S, Q, or J-shaped pipe located below or within a plumbing fixture.An S-shaped trap is also known as an S-bend.It was invented by Alexander Cumming in 1775 but became known as the U-bend following the introduction of the U-shaped trap by Thomas Crapper in 1880.

  5. Gully - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gully

    A gully is a landform created by running water, mass movement, or commonly a combination of both eroding sharply into soil or other relatively erodible material, typically on a hillside or in river floodplains or terraces.

  6. Floor drain - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floor_drain

    Usually, each floor drain is connected to a trap, to prevent sewer gases from escaping into indoors spaces. A floor sink is a type of floor drain primarily used as an indirect waste receptor. It is generally deeper than a standard floor drain and can have a full or partial grate, or no grate as required to accommodate the indirect waste pipes.

  7. What are Czech hedgehogs? Ukraine's surprisingly simple ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/news/czech-hedgehogs-ukraines...

    The Czech hedgehog is an antitank defense that, for Americans and Russians alike, evokes images of World War II. Moscow has a monument of Czech hedgehogs to mark the farthest that Nazi soldiers ...

  8. Check dam - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Check_dam

    Log dam in a gully, circa 1935, Missouri, ... Size Check dams are usually less than 2 to 3 feet (0.61 to 0.91 m) high. ... Trap Function of Bed Road by Steel-Slit Dam ...

  9. Get this 'luxury hotel'-like queen set while it's at an all ...

    www.aol.com/lifestyle/get-this-luxury-hotel-like...

    Bedding can be wildly expensive these days (think: $150 and up for a sheet set), so the fact that a queen-size option with as many five-star ratings as this one is marked down to a mere $16 is ...