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  2. Water heating - Wikipedia

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    They typically use low power heating elements, about 1 kW to 1.5 kW, and can provide hot water long enough for hand washing, or, if plumbed into an existing hot water line, until hot water arrives from a remote high capacity water heater. They may be used when retrofitting a building with hot water plumbing is too costly or impractical.

  3. List of English words of Spanish origin - Wikipedia

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    from Spanish chocolate, from Nahuatl xocolatl meaning "hot water" or from a combination of the Mayan word chocol meaning "hot" and the Nahuatl word atl meaning "water." Choctaw from the native name Chahta of unknown meaning but also said to come from Spanish chato (="flattened") because of the tribe's custom of flattening the heads of male ...

  4. Samovar - Wikipedia

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    Samovar in Tula, Russia. A samovar (Russian: самовар, IPA: [səmɐˈvar] ⓘ, lit. ' self-brewer ') is a metal container traditionally used to heat and boil water.. Although originating in Russia, the samovar is well known outside of Russia and has spread through Russian culture to other parts of Eastern Europe, as well as Western and Central and Sout

  5. Glossary of boiler terms - Wikipedia

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    part of the water level gauge, which normally consists of a vertical glass tube connected top and bottom to the boiler backplate. The water level must be visible within the glass at all times. [3] Grooving erosion of a boiler's plates from the internal water space, particularly where there is a step inside the shell.

  6. Plumbing - Wikipedia

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    Water systems of ancient times relied on gravity for the supply of water, using pipes or channels usually made of clay, lead, bamboo, wood, or stone. Hollowed wooden logs wrapped in steel banding were used for plumbing pipes, particularly water mains. Logs were used for water distribution in England close to 500 years ago.

  7. Drinking water - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] For those who work in a hot climate, up to 16 litres (4.2 US gal) a day may be required. [1] About 1 to 2 billion people lack safe drinking water. [3] Water can carry vectors of disease and is a major cause of death and illness worldwide. [4] Developing countries are most affected by unsafe drinking water.

  8. Properties of water - Wikipedia

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    Water is the chemical substance with chemical formula H 2 O; one molecule of water has two hydrogen atoms covalently bonded to a single oxygen atom. [26] Water is a tasteless, odorless liquid at ambient temperature and pressure. Liquid water has weak absorption bands at wavelengths of around 750 nm which cause it to appear to have a blue color. [4]

  9. Bain-marie - Wikipedia

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    A bain-marie on a stovetop. A bain-marie (English: / ˌ b æ n m ə ˈ r iː / BAN-mə-REE, French: [bɛ̃ maʁi]), also known as a water bath or double boiler, a type of heated bath, is a piece of equipment used in science, industry, and cooking to heat materials gently or to keep materials warm over a period of time.