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  2. Crookes radiometer - Wikipedia

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    The Crookes radiometer (also known as a light mill) consists of an airtight glass bulb containing a partial vacuum, with a set of vanes which are mounted on a spindle inside. The vanes rotate when exposed to light, with faster rotation for more intense light, providing a quantitative measurement of electromagnetic radiation intensity.

  3. Oil-lamp clock - Wikipedia

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    Water clocks or clepsydra measure a gain or loss of water by using drops of uniform size and frequency. The Persian fenjaan made use of the constant time it took for the sinking of a floating bowl with a hole in its underside. It is unknown when or where the oil-lamp clock was first introduced. This clock was mainly used during the mid-18th ...

  4. Relief valve - Wikipedia

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    A relief valve DN25 on cooling water pipe from heat exchanger Schematic diagram of a conventional spring-loaded pressure relief valve. A relief valve or pressure relief valve (PRV) is a type of safety valve used to control or limit the pressure in a system; excessive pressure might otherwise build up and create a process upset, instrument or equipment failure, explosion, or fire.

  5. Maximum allowable operating pressure - Wikipedia

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    This is +10% for PD 5500, and ASME Section VIII div 1 & 2 (with an additional +10% allowance in ASME Section VIII for a fire relief case). ASME has different criteria for steam boilers . Maximum expected operating pressure ( MEOP ) is the highest expected operating pressure, which is synonymous with maximum operating pressure (MOP).

  6. Moderator lamp - Wikipedia

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    A moderator lamp provides a pressurized supply of oil to the lamp wick by use of a spiral spring-loaded piston operating on a cylindrical oil reservoir. A regulating mechanism, the "moderator", compensates for the varying force of the spring as the piston descends. The moderator is a wire that runs through a tube in the center of the piston.

  7. Flow coefficient - Wikipedia

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    A simplified version of the definition is: The k v factor of a valve indicates "The water flow in m 3 /h, at a pressure drop across the valve of 1 kgf/cm 2 when the valve is completely open. The complete definition also says that the flow medium must have a density of 1000 kg/m 3 and a kinematic viscosity of 10 −6 m 2 /s , e.g. water.

  8. List of automotive light bulb types - Wikipedia

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    Group 2 (Only for use in signalling lamps, cornering lamps, reversing lamps and rear registration plate lamps) Category Cap (Base) Filaments Nominal Power (Major/Minor where applicable) Comments Image C5W SV8.5 1 6 V, 12 V, 24 V: 5 W [5] ECE nominal luminous flux: 45 lm ± 20%; Old designation: C11, common name is "festoon" base H6W BAX9s 1 12 ...

  9. Oil lamp - Wikipedia

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    An oil lamp is a lamp used to produce light continuously for a period of time using an oil-based fuel source. The use of oil lamps began thousands of years ago and continues to this day, although their use is less common in modern times.