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2. Jack (device) - Wikipedia

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   Jack which can lift a mobile home. A jack is a mechanical lifting device used to apply great forces or lift heavy loads. A mechanical jack employs a screw thread for lifting heavy equipment. A hydraulic jack uses hydraulic power. [1] The most common form is a car jack, floor jack or garage jack, which lifts vehicles so that maintenance can be ...

3. Jackscrew - Wikipedia

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   The maximum mechanical advantage possible for a hydraulic jack is not limited by the limitations on screw jacks and can be far greater. After World War II, improvements to the grinding of hydraulic rams and the use of O ring seals reduced the price of low-cost hydraulic jacks and they became widespread for use with domestic cars. Screw jacks ...

4. Richard Dudgeon - Wikipedia

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   Richard Dudgeon (1819, Tain – 9 April 1895, New York City) [1] was a mechanic, noted for his inventions of the hydraulic jack and steam carriage. Born in Scotland, [ 2 ] he emigrated as a boy with his family to the United States , where he became a mechanic in New York.

5. Simplex Manufacturing Corporation - Wikipedia

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   Western Auto sold Simplex motorcycles under the Wizard brand in the mid-1950s. [1] Simplex's minimalist philosophy was maintained throughout the company's history, whose designs changed little after 1935. By the 1950s Simplex's designs were primitive, leading to the end of Servi-Cycle and Automatic production in 1960.

6. Simplex Automobile Company - Wikipedia

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   The Simplex Automobile Company was formed in 1907 to take over the manufacturer of the S & M Simplex. The Simplex was an American luxury Brass Era automobile manufactured from 1907 to 1918. Headquartered with a manufacturing plant in New York City , manufacturing from 1912 was in New Brunswick, New Jersey .

7. Malfunctioning security bollards were removed from Bourbon St ...

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   The engineer said that when the bollards were originally installed several years ago, hydraulic roadblocks were added during construction to ensure Bourbon Street remained protected. This time ...