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  2. HP Pavilion dv5 - Wikipedia

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    The HP Pavilion dv5 was a model series of laptop/mobile computers manufactured by Hewlett-Packard Company that features a 15.4" diagonal display. The HP Pavilion dv4 features a 14.1" and the HP Pavilion dv7 a 17" display. The dv5 series has been discontinued, being partially replaced by the dv6 (16") series, and released again as a 14.5" model ...

  3. Air gap (plumbing) - Wikipedia

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    To further illustrate the air gap, consider what could happen if the air gap were eliminated by attaching a hose to the faucet and lowering the hose into a sink full of contaminated water. Under the right conditions (if the water supply loses pressure and the sink is higher than the point at which the water supply enters the house, for instance ...

  4. HP Pavilion dv2000 series - Wikipedia

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    Both models came with either integrated or discrete graphics. It uses the Radiance pattern as part of HP's Imprint finish, with some models featuring other unique patterns. Model numbers range from dv2700 to dv2899. The Pavilion dv2700 and the rest of the Pavilion dv2000 series were replaced by the 14.1" dv4 series in mid-to-late September 2008.

  5. Backflow prevention device - Wikipedia

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    Backflow prevention device. The simplest, most reliable way to provide backflow prevention is to provide an air gap.An air gap is simply an open vertical space between any device that connects to a plumbing system (like a valve or faucet) and any place where contaminated water can collect or pool.

  6. Tap (valve) - Wikipedia

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    Tap generally refers to a keg or barrel tap, though also commonly refers to a faucet that supplies either hot or cold water and not both. [citation needed] It also appears as a descriptor in "tap water" (i.e. water purified for domestic use). A single temperature tap is commonly found in a commercial or public restroom where the temperature of ...

  7. Automatic faucet - Wikipedia

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    A hands-free faucet in Japan. An automatic faucet or tap (also hands-free faucet, touchless faucet, electronic faucet, motion-sensing faucet, sensor faucet, or infrared faucet) is a faucet equipped with a proximity sensor and mechanism that opens its valve to allow water to flow in response to the presence of a user's hands in close proximity.

  8. Percy Fawcett - Wikipedia

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    Percy Fawcett was born on 18 August 1867 in Torquay, Devon, to Edward Boyd Fawcett and Myra Elizabeth (née MacDougall). [2] The Fawcetts were a family of old Yorkshire gentry (Fawcett of Scaleby Castle) who had prospered as shipping magnates in the East Indies during the late 18th and 19th centuries. [3]

  9. Water pumping - Wikipedia

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    A coil pump is a low lift pump which is composed of a tube, shaped as a coil and mounted on a rotating axle powered by an engine or an animal capable of turning the axle around rapidly. Due to the rotation, water is then picked up by the tube and pumped upwards in the hose.