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  2. Mechanically powered flashlight - Wikipedia

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    A dyno torch, dynamo torch, or squeeze flashlight is a flashlight or pocket torch which generates energy via a flywheel. The user repeatedly squeezes a handle to spin a flywheel inside the flashlight, attached to a small generator/dynamo, supplying electric current to an incandescent bulb or light-emitting diode. The flashlight must be pumped ...

  3. List of Olympic torch designs - Wikipedia

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    The design of the Olympic and torch reflected three famed areas of Australian culture: the boomerang, the Sydney Opera House, and the waters of the Indian and the Pacific Oceans. The concept also reflected the elements of earth, fire, and water. Robert Jurgens G.A. & L Harrington Pty Ltd. 72 1,000 13,000 (est.) [16] 2004: Athens, Greece

  4. 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics cauldron - Wikipedia

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    The French Olympic Committee commissioned Mathieu Lehanneur (born 1974), [1] [2] to design the cauldron, torch, and ceremonial cauldrons along the torch relay route: Lehanneur developed a concept of having these three items symbolise France's national motto, "Liberté, égalité, fraternité" ("Liberty, equality, fraternity"), and gold, silver, and bronze medals respectively. [3]

  5. What is the Olympic torch? History, symbolism of Olympic ...

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    Here's what to know on the history of the Olympic orch, the Olympic flame and more heading into 2024 Paris Olympics:

  6. Everything to Know About the 2024 Olympic Torch

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    In light of the recent arson attacks on three high-speed rail lines to Paris—which seriously rattled the city's optimism and caused major transit bottlenecks—the 2024 torch's unity-focused ...

  7. Olympic flame - Wikipedia

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    After the torch's lap around the stadium, triple gold medalists Irina Rodnina and Vladislav Tretiak carried the torch outside the stadium to light a larger version of the "celebration cauldron" used in the main torch relay at the center of the Olympic Park. A line of gas jets carried the flame from the celebration cauldron up the main cauldron ...

  8. Watch as Paris 2024 Olympic torch design unveiled

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    Watch as the design of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Torch is unveiled on Tuesday 25 July, with one year to go until the Games. Ahead of the opening ceremony on Friday 26 July 2024, the ...

  9. Torch - Wikipedia

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    A burning torch, discarded on the road in the wake of the Lewes Bonfire Night celebrations. A torch is a stick with combustible material at one end which can be used as a light source or to set something on fire. [1] Torches have been used throughout history, and are still used in processions, symbolic and religious events, and in juggling ...