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Curtis Mathes, Inc., is a North American electronics retailer initially based in Garland, Texas, and specializing in the sale of private label brand electronics and repair services. It manufactured its own brand of televisions in Athens, Texas , until July 31, 1982; ten years later, it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and reorganization which ...
The first espresso machine was created in 1822 by the Frenchman Louis Bernard Rabaut. [1] [2]In 1855, another Frenchman, Edouard Loysel de Santais, presented a café express machine at the Exposition Universelle of Paris able to make 2,000 cups of coffee in 1 hour.
Model name First flight Number built Type Curtiss Bleeker SX-5-1 Helicopter: 1926 1 Experimental single engine helicopter Curtiss Teal: 2 Single engine monoplane flying boat Curtiss-Wright Junior: 1930 ~270 Single engine monoplane sport airplane Curtiss-Wright CW-3 Duckling: 1931 3 Single engine monoplane flying boat Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk ...
Automatic soap dispenser. An automatic soap dispenser is a device that dispenses a controlled amount of soap solution (or a similar liquid such as a hand sanitizer). They are often used in conjunction with automatic faucets in public restrooms. They function to conserve the amount of soap used and stem infectious disease transmission.
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"Headed" Model D at the College Park Air Museum "Headless" Model D replica at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. A number of Curtiss Pusher original and reproduction aircraft exist, and reproductions of the design date as far back to the era when the original aircraft was in production, mostly built by private parties.
Twin JN — An enlarged twin-engined version of the JN-4, they were powered by two OXX-2 V-8 engines, built in 1916 as the JN-5 for an observation role; among the many other modifications was an enlarged wingspan and new rudder adapted from the Curtiss Model R-4. Two of the series saw action with the US Army on the Mexican border in 1916–1917.
Obituary of John Curtis (1791-1862) In John Curtis we have lost one the most successful cultivators of British zoology and entomology, one of the most accomplished delineators of insects, and one of the closest observers of the phenomena of insect life. Mr. Curtis was born at Norwich, on the 3rd of December 1791, and died on the 6th of October ...