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2. Watering can - Wikipedia

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   Assorted watering cans made of metal. A watering can (or watering pot or watering jug) is a portable container, usually with a handle and a funnel, used to water plants by hand. It has been in use since at least A.D. 79 and has since seen many improvements in design. Apart from watering plants, it has varied uses, as it is a fairly versatile tool.

3. Water canister - Wikipedia

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   A water canister with a screw cap on top and tap on bottom. A water container, water canister or water can is a medium-sized portable container for transport, storage and use of water. Large plastic bottles are sometimes called "canisters". Water canisters can for example be used for drinking water, wastewater or showering.

4. Aerosol spray dispenser - Wikipedia

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   The aerosol spray canister invented by USDA researchers, Lyle Goodhue and William Sullivan.. The concepts of aerosol probably go as far back as 1790. [1] The first aerosol spray can patent was granted in Oslo in 1927 to Erik Rotheim, a Norwegian chemical engineer, [1] [2] and a United States patent was granted for the invention in 1931. [3]

5. Pitcher (container) - Wikipedia

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   In American English, a pitcher is a container with a spout used for storing and pouring liquids. In English-speaking countries outside North America , a jug is any container with a handle and a mouth and spout for liquid – American "pitchers" will be called jugs elsewhere.

6. Haws Watering Cans - Wikipedia

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   Founder John Haws developed the watering can design still used by the company today while growing vanilla during his British Colonial Service in Mauritius. [1] He patented the design and formed Haws Watering Cans, but died in 1913 before having the chance to accept a Royal Horticultural Society medal and an invitation to the inaugural Chelsea Flower Show in 1913.

7. Irrigation sprinkler - Wikipedia

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   These sprinklers can be fixed spray heads that have a set pattern and generally spray between 1.5 and 2 m (5 and 7 ft), full rotating sprinklers that can spray a broken stream of water from 6 to 12 m (20 to 40 ft), or small drip emitters that release a slow, steady drip of water on more delicate plants such as flowers and shrubs.

8. Plumbing - Wikipedia

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   PVC/CPVC – rigid plastic pipes similar to PVC drain pipes but with thicker walls to deal with municipal water pressure, introduced around 1970. PVC stands for polyvinyl chloride, and it has become a common replacement for metal piping. PVC should be used only for cold water, or for venting. CPVC can be used for hot and cold potable water supply.

9. Spray bottle - Wikipedia

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   Depending on the sprayer, the nozzle may or may not be adjustable, so as to select between squirting a stream, aerosolizing a mist, or dispensing a spray. In a spray bottle, the dispensing is powered by the user's efforts, as opposed to the spray can, in which the user simply actuates a valve and product is dispensed under pressure.