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2. Pennyweight - Wikipedia

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   A pennyweight (dwt) is a unit of mass equal to 24 grains, 1 ⁄ 20 of a troy ounce, 1 ⁄ 240 of a troy pound, approximately 0.054857 avoirdupois ounce [1] and exactly 1.55517384 grams. [2] It is abbreviated dwt, d standing for denarius – (an ancient Roman coin), and later used as the symbol of an old British penny (see £sd).

3. Drum pump - Wikipedia

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   Drum pumps on barrels. Drum pump, barrel pump, and transfer pump refer to pumps that are used to empty barrels, tanks, IBCs and drums. [1] Many liquids used on manufacturing and processing plants are delivered in 100 or 200 litre barrels and are too heavy to tip to empty the liquids inside.

4. Mains electricity - Wikipedia

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   The Pearl Street Station also provided DC at 110 V, considered to be a "safe" voltage for consumers, beginning 4 September 1882. [17] AC systems started appearing in the US in the mid-1880s, using higher distribution voltage stepped down via transformers to the same 110 V customer utilization voltage that Edison used. In 1883, Edison patented a ...

5. Oil pump (internal combustion engine) - Wikipedia

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   The oil pump forces the motor oil through the passages in the engine to properly distribute oil to different engine components. In a common oiling system, oil is drawn out of the oil sump (oil pan, in US English) through a wire mesh strainer that removes some of the larger pieces of debris from the oil.

6. Orders of magnitude (mass) - Wikipedia

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   An overview of ranges of mass. To help compare different orders of magnitude, the following lists describe various mass levels between 10 −67 kg and 10 52 kg. The least massive thing listed here is a graviton, and the most massive thing is the observable universe.

7. Albany Pumps - Wikipedia

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   The oil and gas industry makes extensive use of gear and twin screw pumps. Pumps are supplied for every stage of the bitumen industry. Fuel oil transfer pumps are manufactured for use in a wide variety of industries. Gear pumps are supplied for foam concentrate use in the fire industry where the concentrate is mixed with the main flow of water.