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  2. Whippletree (mechanism) - Wikipedia

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    It is also referred to as an equalizer, leader bar, or double tree. It consists of a bar pivoted at or near the centre, with force applied from one direction to the pivot and from the other direction to the tips. Several whippletrees may be used in series to distribute the force further, such as to simulate pressure over an area as when ...

  3. Taut-line hitch - Wikipedia

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    One taut-line hitch is tied 15–30 cm from the aircraft and adjusted for tension, then a second taut-line hitch is tied 5–20 cm further from the aircraft and finished with a half-hitch. Wind-induced lift tends to pull the knot tighter, gust-induced oscillations tend to damp-out, and once the half hitch is undone, pushing the lower working ...

  4. Two half-hitches - Wikipedia

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    Two half hitches is the commonest of all hitches for mooring in particular and also for general utility. Steel gives the name in 1794. The difference between two half hitches and the clove hitch is that the former, after a single turn around a spar, is made fast around its own standing part, while the latter is tied directly around the spar.

  5. Equalizer - Wikipedia

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    Equalizer (Datel), a game-hacking cheat cartridge by Datel "Equalizer" (k-os song), a song by hip hop artist k-os; The Equalizer, an American spy thriller television and film franchise including: The Equalizer (1985 TV series) The Equalizer (2021 TV series), reboot of the 1985 TV series; The Equalizer, a 2014 film loosely based on the 1985 TV ...

  6. Magnus hitch - Wikipedia

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    The magnus hitch is a knot similar to a rolling hitch or clove hitch, used to tie a rope or line to a pole, spar, or another line.It is tied similarly to a rolling hitch but with the final hitch in the opposite direction.

  7. Clove hitch - Wikipedia

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    The clove hitch is an ancient type of knot, made of two successive single hitches [1]: 283 tied around an object. It is most effectively used to secure a middle section of rope to an object it crosses over, [ 1 ] : 213 such as a line on a fencepost.

  8. Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese once again show the rookies are ...

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    Reese scored eight points (2-of-9 from the floor) with one assist and a steal, but brought in 13 rebounds as the Sky won the battle of the glass by 10. Her eight offensive rebounds were a ...

  9. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Primary and Secondary ...

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    A crewmember denounces the Hitchhiker's Guide for being soft, and notes that he has heard they have created a whole artificial universe. Zaphod Beeblebrox is a hitch-hiker on the freighter, and as he listens to the radio, he hears a report that he has died, by being eaten by a Haggunenon. The manner of his escape is left unclear.