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  2. Chromium - Wikipedia

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    Chromium is also famous for its reflective, metallic luster when polished. It is used as a protective and decorative coating on car parts, plumbing fixtures, furniture parts and many other items, usually applied by electroplating. Chromium was used for electroplating as early as 1848, but this use only became widespread with the development of ...

  3. List of Green Acres episodes - Wikipedia

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    Hank also has a hard time telling Oliver what he really thinks of the farm. Oliver then sets about getting a phone installed, the plumbing and roof fixed, and electricity hooked up. The next morning, Bertram doesn't crow. Ed Ferguson , the plumber, shows up. Carl Flint (Phil Gordon) comes by to install the phone. But without electricity, things ...

  4. Main Interior Building - Wikipedia

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    In Ickes' official portrait, the plans for the Main Interior Building are shown lying on the table in front of him. [2] Construction of Main Interior began in April 1935 and was completed in December 1936. The building was the first New Deal building in the capital- authorized, designed, and built by the Roosevelt administration.

  5. Whitchurch-Stouffville - Wikipedia

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    The Town of Whitchurch–Stouffville consists of several distinct communities and the intermediary countryside. The largest urban area is the community of Stouffville proper (2021 pop. 36,753 [11]), while other communities in the larger town include Ballantrae, Bethesda, Bloomington, Cedar Valley, Gormley, Lemonville, Lincolnville, Musselman's Lake, Pine Orchard, Pleasantville, Preston Lake ...

  6. Lead poisoning - Wikipedia

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    It is also potentially in drinking water, e.g. from plumbing and fixtures that are either made of lead or have lead solder. [ 127 ] [ 136 ] Since acidic water breaks down lead in plumbing more readily, chemicals can be added to municipal water to increase the pH and thus reduce the corrosivity of the public water supply . [ 127 ]

  7. Toilet - Wikipedia

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    Finally, it came to be used for the plumbing fixtures in such rooms (apparently first in the United States) as these replaced chamber pots, outhouses, and latrines. These two uses, the fixture and the room, completely supplanted the other senses of the word during the 20th century [78] except in the form "toiletries". [n 2]

  8. Energy conservation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Installing much lower output high-efficiency replacement equipment offers opportunity for comfort and savings gains, but improving the building envelope through air sealing and adding more insulation, advanced windows, etc., should be explored concurrently or before replacement equipment design stage.