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  2. Pulse code cab signaling - Wikipedia

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    Pulse-code technology on rapid transit lines has generally been supplanted by Audio-Frequency cab signals. MTA Staten Island Railway Automatic Speed Control: A hybrid of the PRR/LIRR systems and Rapid Transit power-frequency cab code. The ATC applies service braking in response to overspeed conditions. 75-120-180-270 are used as speed commands.

  3. Oil can - Wikipedia

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    An oil can for a Singer sewing machine Oil can used to store household lamp oil (1882). Windows in the tin allow to observe the level. Cap for the spout on a chain. Soldered Oil can with a push-button pump, indented at the top with the screw cap. An oil can (oilcan or oiler) [1] is a can that holds oil (usually motor oil) for lubricating machines.

  4. Midwest Tape - Wikipedia

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    Midwest Tape LLC is a full-service distributor serving the public library sector. The company specializes in shelf-ready DVDs , Blu-rays , physical audiobooks , and similar merchandise that libraries can purchase "pre-processed" with the needed bar codes, labels, RFID, and other tags necessary for libraries.

  5. Midwest Program on Airborne Television Instruction - Wikipedia

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    The Midwest Program on Airborne Television Instruction (MPATI) was a special broadcasting initiative designed to broadcast educational television programming to schools, especially in areas where local educational television stations are either difficult to receive or unavailable.

  6. Watering can - Wikipedia

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    In 1886 the "Haws" watering can was patented by John Haws. The patent read "This new invention forms a watering pot that is much easier to carry and tip, and at the same time being much cleaner, and more adapted for use than any other put before the public." [3] The shower head end is called a rose, rose head, rosette, or sprinkler head. [4] [5]

  7. Teapot effect - Wikipedia

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    Depending on the materials used, the outside of the spout is now wetted during the flow process. At this point, additional interfacial forces occur : the liquid runs as a narrow trickle along the spout and can until it detaches from the underside. The unwanted teapot effect only occurs when pouring slowly and carefully. [6]

  8. Tap (valve) - Wikipedia

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    Faucet is the most common term in the US, similar in use to "tap" in British English, e.g. "water faucet" (although the term "tap" is also used in the US).; Spigot is used by professionals in the trade (such as plumbers), and typically refers to an outdoor fixture.

  9. Waterspout - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 December 2024. Vortex or tornado occurring over a body of water For a pipe carrying water from a roof, see Downspout. For regrowth on trees, see Water sprout. For the performance act of regurgitating fluids, see Water spouting. A waterspout near Thailand in 2016 Part of a series on Weather Temperate ...