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2. Voltage converter - Wikipedia

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   Small, inexpensive, travel adapters suitable for low-power devices such as electric shavers, but not, say, hairdryers, are available; travel adapters usually include plug-end adapters for the different standards used in different countries. A transformer would be used for higher power.

3. History of AC power plugs and sockets - Wikipedia

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   In one patent, U.S. patent 774,250 a plug was used with a socket which screwed into a lampholder (like the early lampholder plugs). In the other patent U.S. patent 776,326 the same type of plug was used with various three-way adaptors that could be connected to lampholders or "a receptacle of any ordinary type". Figures 2 and 4 of this patent ...

4. AC power plugs and sockets - Wikipedia

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   Like in most European plugs, the power pins of Danish plugs are 19 mm (0.75 in) long and spaced 19 mm (0.75 in) apart, with a diameter of 4.8 mm (0.19 in). The earthing pin is part of the plug (in contrast to French and Schuko plugs); it is D-shaped, 14 mm (0.55 in) long, and offset from the power pins by 13 mm (0.51 in).

5. The 8 best travel adapters on Amazon, according to ... - AOL

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   UPDATE: Jul. 27, 2023, 5:00 a.m. EDT This shopping guide has been updated with additional products, expert recommendations, and new information on traveling abroad with electronics. If you’re ...

6. Adapter - Wikipedia

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   A passive electric power adapter, sometimes called a travel plug or travel adapter, allows using a plug from one region with a foreign socket. As other countries supply 120-volt, 60 Hz AC, using a travel adapter in a country with a different supply poses a safety hazard if the connected device does not support both input voltages.

7. SANS 164 - Wikipedia

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   SANS 164-1 and -3 (BS 546) plugs. SANS 164-1: Conventional System, 16 A 250 V [12] [13] 16A SANS 164-1 travel adaptor. To be used in "Type M" sockets. This is identical to the BS 546 15 ampere plug and socket, although in South Africa it is rated for 16 A for compatibility with the IEC 60898 standard current ratings.

8. Timeline of transportation technology - Wikipedia

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   1807 – Nicéphore Niépce installed his Pyréolophore internal combustion engine in a boat and powered up the river Saone in France. 1807 – Isaac de Rivas made a hydrogen gas powered internal combustion engine and mounted it on a vehicle. 1809 - First stone laid of first 'guided bus' passenger wagonway Gloucester and Cheltenham Tramroad.

9. 200-year-old message in a bottle found in France

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   P.J Féret, who conducted a dig at France's Cité de Limes site in January 1825, wrote the message, archaeologists say. ... Féret's 200-year-old message in a bottle will be the oldest ever found.