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  2. Richard T. Crane - Wikipedia

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    Crane grew up in Paterson, New Jersey. His father was a builder-architect. Richard T. only had two or three years of formal schooling before embarking on a series of factory jobs, first in Patterson, and then New York City. He lost his job in the Panic of 1854, and moved to Chicago at the suggestion of his uncle, Martin Ryerson. [7]

  3. Michael Bentine's Potty Time - Wikipedia

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    The title 'Potty Time' is a humorous double entendre also referring to the toilet training of infants - a 'potty' being slang for a child's chamber pot. In 2001, it was voted into 71st place in Channel 4's 100 Greatest Kids' TV shows poll. In the 1970s and early 80s it was broadcast in Australia on Channel 7. [2]

  4. Pressy Button - Wikipedia

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    Pressy Button or Pressy is a programmable button that can be inserted into the headphone socket of a smartphone or tablet [1] and used as an extra button to perform tasks on the device. [2] It is also dubbed as the almighty Android button. [3] A Kickstarter campaign was launched in August 2013 to raise funds for Pressy. The campaign ended on ...

  5. List of highest-funded crowdfunding projects - Wikipedia

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    Pebble Time: Smartwatch: Kickstarter: Mar 27, 2015: $500K $20,338,986 The Pebble Time is the second generation version of the smartwatch called the Pebble. The Pebble itself was one of the highest backed projects on Kickstarter. 32 Prison Architect: Video game: Independent, Steam Early Access: Oct 6, 2015 — $19,000,000 [40]

  6. Dual flush toilet - Wikipedia

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    The lack of siphoning also means that the toilet requires less water to operate. [6] Due to this, the waterline is considerably lower than that in siphon-flush toilets. The toilet has two buttons on the cistern rather than the single-flush one; one button delivers a lesser amount of water (eg. 3 litres) and the other a greater amount (eg. 6 ...

  7. Timer - Wikipedia

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    A typical kitchen timer. A timer or countdown timer is a type of clock that starts from a specified time duration and stops upon reaching 00:00. An example of a simple timer is an hourglass. Commonly, a timer triggers an alarm when it ends. A timer can be implemented through hardware or software.

  8. Message sequence chart - Wikipedia

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    In a Sequence Diagram, a vertical line is usually an object. The object can be active (in its own thread of execution) or passive (in the execution context of an active object). Arrows; In an MSC an arrow is usually an asynchronous message sent from one entity to another one. Once the message is sent the sending entity resumes its execution.

  9. Stopwatch - Wikipedia

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    Pressing the top button starts the timer running, and pressing the button a second time stops it, leaving the elapsed time displayed. A press of the second button then resets the stopwatch to zero. The second button is also used to record split times or lap times. When the split time button is pressed while the watch is running it allows the ...