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2. Fishing sinker - Wikipedia

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   However, lead is known to cause lead poisoning and enter the environment as a result of the inevitable occasional loss of fishing sinkers during routine fishing. [5] Thus, most lead-based fishing sinkers have been outlawed in the United Kingdom (under 1 oz weight), Canada , and some states in the United States .

3. Fishing tackle - Wikipedia

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   Three types of small lead sinkers. A sinker or plummet is a weight used when angling to force the lure or bait to sink more rapidly or to increase the distance that it may be cast. The ordinary plain sinker is traditionally made of lead. It can be practically any shape, and is often shaped round like a pipe-stem, with a swelling in the middle.

4. Sandsinker - Wikipedia

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   SandSinka is a lead-free fishing sinker made from biodegradable plastics that is filled with burley or sand or both. This sinker can be used as a float. A standard sinker. A sinker that allows extra weight to be on the line for casting, which will increase distance, then once the sinker is immersed in water it disperses the weight leaving you with a light line.

5. Lead - Wikipedia

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   Lead fishing weights. Lead's close-packed face-centered cubic structure and high atomic weight result in a density [24] of 11.34 g/cm 3, which is greater than that of common metals such as iron (7.87 g/cm 3), copper (8.93 g/cm 3), and zinc (7.14 g/cm 3). [25] This density is the origin of the idiom to go over like a lead balloon.

6. Shaft sinking - Wikipedia

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   The use of experienced shaft sinkers is necessary to reduce the length of this learning curve and thus the duration of the project as much as possible. Key to a successful shaft sinking project are: Getting the various components of the sinking set-up correct and installed at the right time.

7. MLB 26-and-under power rankings, Nos. 5-1: All-Stars and ...

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   The 20-year-old is an absolutely massive human being with light-tower, top-of-the-charts juice that could eventually lead to 45 homers a season if he dials in the other parts of his offensive game.