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2. Uniflow steam engine - Wikipedia

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   The Casablanca-class escort carrier, the most prolific aircraft carrier design in history, used two 5-cylinder Skinner Unaflow engines, but these were not steeple compounds. A non-compound Skinner Uniflow remained in service until 2013 in the Great Lakes cement carrier SS St. Marys Challenger, installed when the vessel was re-powered in 1950 ...

3. Ernest M. Skinner - Wikipedia

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   Skinner was one of the first organ builders to try establishing a systematic method for providing fixed dimensions in his organ consoles.Before this, each organ builder might have used different dimensions on their consoles, causing problems with users adapting to different layouts and positions of keyboards and pedalboards of different instruments, even those made by the same builder.

4. Piston valve (steam engine) - Wikipedia

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   This entails controlling the admission and exhaust of steam to and from the cylinders with a valve linked to the motion of the piston. [3] For timing and dimensioning of slide or piston valves where the valve opens and closes the steam and exhaust ports, a consideration of the "lap" and "lead" is required.

5. Valve gear - Wikipedia

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   In the simple case, this can be a relatively simple task as in the internal combustion engine in which the valves always open and close at the same points. This is not the ideal arrangement for a steam engine, though, because greatest power is achieved by keeping the inlet valve open throughout the power stroke (thus having full boiler pressure, minus transmission losses, against the piston ...

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7. How a GM layoff email sent to employees triggered a storm on ...

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   Right now, Lalgee said, many companies are struggling to gain loyalty from employees. In the recruitment universe, he said, he hears comments all the time about how many younger people don’t ...

8. Two-stroke power valve system - Wikipedia

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   With the AETC system, the power-valve systems are normally partially closed at low RPM; when closed, it enables the engine to make more power. Up to a certain point, however, power drops off as the engine is unable to expel enough gases out of the exhaust. When the power-valve is opened, it allows more gases to flow out of the exhaust port.

9. Matt Eberflus: Bears filing complaint with NFL that Packers ...

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   Eberflus acknowledged that the Bears did a poor job of blocking, but believes that the Packers made illegal contact with long snapper Scott Daly on the play and wants the NFL to take a second look.