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  2. Personal flotation device - Wikipedia

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    Personal flotation devices being worn on a navy transport . A personal flotation device (PFD; also referred to as a life jacket, life preserver, life belt, Mae West, life vest, life saver, cork jacket, buoyancy aid or flotation suit) is a flotation device in the form of a vest or suit that is worn by a user to prevent the wearer from drowning in a body of water.

  3. Embry-Riddle Observatory - Wikipedia

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    The primary telescope, a 100 centimetres (39 in) diameter Ritchey–Chrétien f / 8 reflector from DFM Engineering, is the largest optical telescope in Florida. [4] The 560 pounds (250 kg) astrosital primary mirror was manufactured by DFM Engineering [5] and the Ultra low expansion glass secondary mirror was built by Brunache Instrumental Optics.

  4. List of the largest optical telescopes in North America

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    Image Out Image In Aperture First Light Nation Hale Telescope Palomar Obs. 200 inch 508 cm 1949 USA: Hooker Telescope Mount Wilson Obs. 100 inch 254 cm 1917 USA: McDonald Obs. 82 inch i.e. Otto Struve Telescope: 82 inch 208 cm 1939 USA: David Dunlap Observatory: 74 inch 188 cm 1935 Canada: Plaskett telescope Dominion Astrophysical Obs. 72 inch ...

  5. These Expert-Recommended Adult Life Jackets Will Keep You ...

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    The MIT 70 is the lowest profile Coast Guard-approved front entry inflatable life jacket on the market, and a dream for boaters who hate life jackets getting in the way of their movement.

  6. Do boats have capacity limits? Are life jackets required ...

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  7. Life-saving appliances - Wikipedia

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    The International Life-Saving Appliance (LSA) Code [2] gives specific technical requirements for the manufacture, maintenance and record keeping of life-saving appliances. The number and type of life-saving appliances differ from vessel to vessel, and the code gives a minimum requirement to comply in order to make a ship seaworthy.

  8. No life jackets among safety fails when Homestead man died on ...

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    OSHA also says an unqualified operator was handling the crane that collapsed, which led to the drowning.

  9. Afocal photography - Wikipedia

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    Afocal photography works with any system that can produce a virtual image of parallel light, for example telescopes and microscopes. Afocal photographic setups work because the imaging device's eyepiece produces collimated light and with the camera's lens focused at infinity, creating an afocal system with no net convergence or divergence in the light path between the two devices. [2]