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  2. Mach's principle - Wikipedia

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    If a bucket is filled with water, and made to rotate, initially the water remains still, but then, gradually, the walls of the vessel communicate their motion to the water, making it curve and climb up the borders of the bucket, because of the centrifugal forces produced by the rotation.

  3. Helicopter bucket - Wikipedia

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    A helicopter bucket or helibucket is a specialized bucket suspended on a cable carried by a helicopter to deliver water for aerial firefighting. The design of the buckets allows the helicopter to hover over a water source—such as a lake , river , pond , or tank —and lower the bucket into the water to refill it.

  4. Aether theories - Wikipedia

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    In the 19th century, luminiferous aether (or ether), meaning light-bearing aether, was a theorized medium for the propagation of light. James Clerk Maxwell developed a model to explain electric and magnetic phenomena using the aether, a model that led to what are now called Maxwell's equations and the understanding that light is an ...

  5. Aether (classical element) - Wikipedia

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    According to ancient and medieval science, aether (/ ˈ iː θ ər /, alternative spellings include æther, aither, and ether), also known as the fifth element or quintessence, is the material that fills the region of the universe beyond the terrestrial sphere. [1]

  6. Classical element - Wikipedia

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    Empedocles also proved (at least to his own satisfaction) that air was a separate substance by observing that a bucket inverted in water did not become filled with water, a pocket of air remaining trapped inside. [10] Fire, earth, air, and water have become the most popular set of classical elements in modern interpretations.

  7. Hydroponics - Wikipedia

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    Inside an ebb-and-flow hydroponic system employing individual buckets connected by fill/drain hoses. The earliest published work on growing terrestrial plants without soil was the 1627 book Sylva Sylvarum or 'A Natural History' by Francis Bacon, printed a year after his death. As a result of his work, water culture became a popular research ...

  8. 'Alien: Romulus' popcorn buckets to hit Cinemark, AMC ... - AOL

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    The highly anticipated movie "Alien: Romulus" is hitting theaters this week, and fans are eagerly searching for ways to win a movie-themed popcorn bucket.. Since the bucket is likely to sell out ...

  9. Deep water culture - Wikipedia

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    Deep water culture (DWC) is a hydroponic method of plant production by means of suspending the plant roots in a solution of nutrient-rich, oxygenated water. Also known as deep flow technique (DFT), floating raft technology (FRT), or raceway, this method uses a rectangular tank less than one foot deep filled with a nutrient-rich solution with ...