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  2. Hydrolock - Wikipedia

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    Bent connecting rod after Hydrolock Same connecting rod, turned 90°. Hydrolock (a shorthand notation for hydrostatic lock or hydraulic lock) is an abnormal condition of any device which is designed to compress a gas by mechanically restraining it; most commonly the reciprocating internal combustion engine, the case this article refers to unless otherwise noted.

  3. Dead man's switch - Wikipedia

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    Interest in dead man's controls increased with the introduction of electric trams (streetcars in North America) and especially electrified rapid transit trains. The first widespread use came with the introduction of the mass-produced Birney One-Man Safety (tram) Car, though dead-man equipment was fairly rare on US streetcars until the successful PCC streetcar, which had a left-foot-operated ...

  4. Gasoline pump - Wikipedia

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    A gasoline pump or fuel dispenser is a machine at a filling station that is used to pump gasoline (petrol), diesel, or other types of liquid fuel into vehicles. Gasoline pumps are also known as bowsers or petrol bowsers (in Australia and South Africa ), [ 2 ] [ 3 ] petrol pumps (in Commonwealth countries), or gas pumps (in North America ).

  5. Briggs & Stratton - Wikipedia

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    The Twin Cylinder Engine – This engine was introduced in 1977 as a means of competing with Briggs & Stratton's rivals, particularly Japanese firms like Honda who were cutting into traditional Briggs & Stratton markets by producing lawn mower engines (and later, complete lawn mowers). These first models were rated 16 hp (11.9 kW) and displaced ...

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    $20.99 at Amazon. Orange Vitamin D3. Rated at 4.7 stars by over 6,000 happy customers on Amazon, this daily vitamin is a tried-and-true product that's affordable and even offers a refreshing ...

  7. Lance Bass says his CW pilot was axed after he came out as ...

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    Lance Bass has revealed that he was once attached to an unnamed CW sitcom that was axed due to his sexuality.. The NSYNC star revealed on a recent episode of the Politickin’ podcast that the ...

  8. D-400 engine - Wikipedia

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    The D-400 series engine or the Iron Horse engine was a light-duty two-stroke engine used for powering lawnmowers produced from the 1950s to the late 1970s. D-400 engines were single-cylinder engines designed and manufactured by the Outboard Marine Corporation (OMC; Johnson and Evinrude) for Lawn-Boy [2] and Masport. The D-400 engines displaced ...

  9. Nets' Cam Thomas out at least three weeks with hamstring ...

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    The Brooklyn Nets will be without leading scorer Cam Thomas for at least three weeks due to a left hamstring strain, the team announced on Wednesday. Thomas left Monday's 128-120 win over the ...