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  2. Nernst lamp - Wikipedia

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    Nernst lamps did not use a glowing tungsten filament. Instead, they used a ceramic rod that was heated to incandescence.Because the rod (unlike tungsten wire) would not further oxidize when exposed to air, there was no need to enclose it within a vacuum or noble gas environment; the burners in Nernst lamps could operate exposed to the air and were only enclosed in glass to isolate the hot ...

  3. Zoetrope - Wikipedia

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    On the inner surface of the cylinder is a band with images from a set of sequenced pictures. As the cylinder spins, the user looks through the cuts at the pictures across. The scanning of the slits keeps the pictures from simply blurring together, and the user sees a rapid succession of images, producing the illusion of motion.

  4. Infrared heater - Wikipedia

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    An infrared heater or heat lamp is a heating appliance containing a high-temperature emitter that transfers energy to a cooler object through electromagnetic radiation. Depending on the temperature of the emitter, the wavelength of the peak of the infrared radiation ranges from 750 nm to 1 mm.

  5. Air preheater - Wikipedia

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    Schematic diagram of typical coal-fired power plant steam generator highlighting the air preheater (APH) location. An air preheater is any device designed to heat air before another process (for example, combustion in a boiler), with the primary objective of increasing the thermal efficiency of the process.

  6. Effect of Sun angle on climate - Wikipedia

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    This is a diagram of the seasons. Regardless of the time of day (i.e. Earth 's rotation on its axis), the North Pole will be dark, and the South Pole will be illuminated; see also arctic winter . Figure 3 shows the angle of sunlight striking Earth in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres when Earth's northern axis is tilted away from the Sun ...

  7. Inside Katie Holmes' Ultra-Private Dating Life, From Chris ...

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    Why did Katie Holmes split from Jamie Foxx? Holmes and Foxx never gave an official reason for ending their relationship, but Us Weekly reported that lifestyle differences were a big part of the ...

  8. 11 Fast-Food Soups, Ranked Best to Worst - AOL

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    2. Chick-fil-A Chicken Noodle Soup. Price: $4.15 cup / $6.35 bowl Chick-fil-A’s chicken noodle soup is leagues better than it has any right to be. There’s so much flavor in this broth, and the ...

  9. Grow light - Wikipedia

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    Ficus plant grown under a white LED grow light. A grow light is an electric light that can help plants grow. Grow lights either attempt to provide a light spectrum similar to that of the sun, or to provide a spectrum that is more tailored to the needs of the plants being cultivated (typically a varying combination of red and blue light, which generally appears pink to purple to the human eye).