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  2. Drawworks - Wikipedia

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    A drawworks is the primary hoisting machinery component of a rotary drilling rig.Its main function is to provide a means of raising and lowering the traveling block.The wire-rope drill line winds on the drawworks drum and over the crown block to the traveling block, allowing the drill string to be moved up and down as the drum turns.

  3. Tongs - Wikipedia

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    Tongs consist a single band of bent metal, as in sugar tongs, most asparagus tongs (which are no longer common) [2] and the like. Sugar tongs are usually silver, with claw-shaped or spoon-shaped ends for serving lump sugar. Asparagus tongs are usually similar but larger, with a band near the head that limits how far the tongs can expand.

  4. List of common misconceptions about arts and culture

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    All microwave radiation dissipates as heat. Long-term rodent studies to assess cancer risk have so far failed to identify any carcinogenicity from 2.45 GHz microwave radiation even with chronic exposure levels (i.e. large fraction of life span) far larger than humans are likely to encounter from any leaking ovens. The risk of injury from direct ...

  5. Template:Fraction - Wikipedia

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    A template for displaying common fractions of the form int+num/den nicely. It supports 0–3 anonymous parameters with positional meaning. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status leftmost part 1 Denominator if only parameter supplied. Numerator if 2 parameters supplied. Integer if 3 parameters supplied. If no parameter is specified the template will render a ...

  6. Fraction - Wikipedia

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    Unit fractions can also be expressed using negative exponents, as in 2 −1, which represents 1/2, and 22, which represents 1/(2 2) or 1/4. A dyadic fraction is a common fraction in which the denominator is a power of two, e.g. ⁠ 1 / 8 ⁠ = ⁠ 1 / 2 3 ⁠. In Unicode, precomposed fraction characters are in the Number Forms block.

  7. Fractionation - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] Fractions are collected based on differences in a specific property of the individual components. A common trait in fractionations is the need to find an optimum between the amount of fractions collected and the desired purity in each fraction. Fractionation makes it possible to isolate more than two components in a mixture in a single run.

  8. Lewis (lifting appliance) - Wikipedia

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    The external lewis was originally shaped like a pair of scissor-tongs, and swung from a treadwheel crane. [3] This type of tong device has been known as dogs and the holes in the stone as dog holes for many centuries. Many old bridges and walls in the UK still have dog holes to reveal how the stones were lifted, particularly onto bridge ...

  9. Port tongs - Wikipedia

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    The tongs are intended for use when the cork cannot be removed with a normal corkscrew, such as old corks that would break apart and crumble into the wine. [2] This is more common for high-alcohol fortified wines , such as port : the alcohol acts as a natural preservative, allowing the wine to be aged for decades.