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  2. 2013 Boeing 787 Dreamliner grounding - Wikipedia

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    The heavily burned battery from JA829J after it suffered thermal runaway The aft electronics bay that held the battery that caught fire The grounded Japan Airlines 787 at Boston Logan Airport In 2013, the second year of service for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner , a widebody jet airliner , several of the aircraft suffered from electrical system ...

  3. Automotive battery - Wikipedia

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    A typical 12 V, 40 Ah lead-acid car battery. An automotive battery, or car battery, is a rechargeable battery that is used to start a motor vehicle.. Its main purpose is to provide an electric current to the electric-powered starting motor, which in turn starts the chemically-powered internal combustion engine that actually propels the vehicle.

  4. French cruiser D'Entrecasteaux - Wikipedia

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    Her semi-elliptical main battery turrets received the same level of protection on the front, but thinned at the sides and rear to 190 mm (7.5 in) with the same mild steel backing. Their supporting barbettes were 170 mm (6.7 in) above the battery deck and 120 mm (4.7 in) below. Each casemate consisted of 52 mm (2 in) plating with the double 10 ...

  5. Lockheed L-049 Constellation - Wikipedia

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    Problems with the R-3350 however, continued and production of the R-3350 was halted until the problems with the engines could be solved. This slowed down the development of the Constellation. Further setbacks occurred, including the B-29 Superfortress (for which the R-3350 had been originally developed) taking priority in engine supply.

  6. Cox model engine - Wikipedia

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    is a late model thick wall cylinder with slit exhaust and a single bypass booster. is a Black Widow #1 cylinder with no bypass booster with a stepped wall. is a pre-1955 cylinder used on early Space Bug, Space Bug Jr, Thermal Hopper and Strato Bug. Note how the thread diameter for the glow head is much smaller.

  7. General Motors - Wikipedia

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    General Motors Company (GM) [2] is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. [3] The company is most known for owning and manufacturing four automobile brands: Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac, each a separate division of GM.

  8. Android (operating system) - Wikipedia

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    When connecting or disconnecting charging power and when shortly actuating the power button or home button, all while the device is powered off, a visual battery meter whose appearance varies among vendors appears on the screen, allowing the user to quickly assess the charge status of a powered-off without having to boot it up first.

  9. Pacemaker - Wikipedia

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    Percussive pacing, also known as transthoracic mechanical pacing, is the use of the closed fist, usually on the left lower edge of the sternum over the right ventricle in the vena cava, striking from a distance of 20 – 30 cm to induce a ventricular beat (the British Journal of Anaesthesia suggests this must be done to raise the ventricular pressure to 10–15 mmHg to induce electrical activity).