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A household electric fan A large cylindrical fan. A fan is a powered machine that creates airflow. A fan consists of rotating vanes or blades, generally made of wood, plastic, or metal, which act on the air. The rotating assembly of blades and hub is known as an impeller, rotor, or runner. Usually, it is contained within some form of housing ...
A balancing machine is a measuring tool used for balancing rotating machine parts such as rotors for electric motors, fans, turbines, disc brakes, disc drives, propellers and pumps. The machine usually consists of two rigid pedestals, with suspension and bearings on top supporting a mounting platform. The unit under test is bolted to the ...
Tools with a tapered shank are inserted into a matching tapered socket and pushed or twisted into place. They are then retained by friction. In some cases, the friction fit needs to be made stronger, as with the use of a drawbar, essentially a long bolt that holds the tool into the socket with more force than is possible by other means.
Jedlik's "lightning-magnetic self-rotor", 1827 (the world's first electric motor) Jedlik's tubular voltage generator, which is probably the earliest impulse generator. In 1820, Hans Christian Ørsted published his discovery that a compass needle was deflected from magnetic north by a nearby electric current, confirming a direct relationship between electricity and magnetism.
Lasko Andonovski (born 1991), Macedonian handball player; Lech Łasko (born 1956), Polish volleyball player; Léo Lasko (1885–1949), German screenwriter and film director; Michał Łasko (born 1981), Italian volleyball player; Miss Lasko-Gross (born 1977), American comics creator; Peter Lasko (1924–2003), British art historian
Critics claim that Lesko is misleading in his advertisements. A 2004 report by the New York State Consumer Protection Board claimed that most of the grants mentioned in Lesko's books were actually public assistance programs that many people were not eligible for, and that Lesko misrepresented examples of people who had taken advantage of government programs.
John Nelson Darby was born in Westminster, London, and christened at St Margaret's on 3 March 1801. He was the youngest of the six sons of John Darby and Anne Vaughan. The Darbys were an Anglo-Irish landowning family seated at Leap Castle, King's County, Ireland, (present-day County Offaly).
It was at this point that she became a member of the comic book community. She said she found more kinship with comic creators than with comic fans, as they could bond over the process of producing a comic. [citation needed] Lasko-Gross' first two graphic novels were Escape from "Special" and A Mess of Everything, both published by Fantagraphics.