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2. Graeme Obree - Wikipedia

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   Watching a washing machine spin at 1,200rpm led him to take the bearings, which he assumed must be of superior quality, and fit them to his bike. [3] [7] [8] [9] Obree later regretted admitting to the bearings experiment, because journalists referred to that before his achievements and other innovations. [10] Obree called his bike "Old Faithful".

3. Mangle (machine) - Wikipedia

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   Gradually, the electric washing machine's spin cycle rendered this use of a mangle obsolete, and with it the need to wring out water from clothes mechanically. Box mangles were large and primarily intended for pressing laundry smooth; they were used by wealthy households, large commercial laundries, and self-employed "mangle women".

4. Wig wag (washing machines) - Wikipedia

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   Wig wag solenoid in a washing machine. The wig-wag is the common name for the unusual solenoid mechanism used in belt-drive washing machines made by Whirlpool, Kenmore (manufactured by Whirlpool) and many others, from approximately 1950 to 1987 in the United States. It was used in belt-drive Brastemp and Consul models built in Brazil from 1959 ...

5. Spin cycle - Wikipedia

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   Spin cycle refers to the spinning wash cycle of a washing machine. Spin Cycle may also refer to: Spin Cycle: Inside the Clinton Propaganda Machine (1998), a book by Howard Kurtz; The Spin*Cycle a dance music channel on iHeartRadio "Spin Cycle" (2009), a song from The Laundronauts' LP The Laundronauts Come Clean

6. Jim Kirby - Wikipedia

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   Kirby had purchased the land in 1919 at the age of 35 after making his fortune with the invention of the washing machine spin cycle. He devised and patented a system of filtration dams that would keep silt out of the new lake he created. He situated his house on a hillside overlooking the lake and powered it with an experimental hydroelectric mill.

7. Olive harvest thrives in Yolo County’s Capay Valley: ‘It’s ...

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   Jim Etters, director of land management for the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, holds olives ready for processing into olive oil at Séka Hills in Yolo County’s Capay Valley on Friday.