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11industrial glass — Introduction solid material that is normally lustrous and transparent in appearance and that shows great durability under exposure to the natural elements. These three properties lustre, transparency, and durability make glass a favoured… …
12Fiber-optic communication — An optical fiber junction box. The yellow cables are single mode fibers; the orange and blue cables are multi mode fibers: 50/125 µm OM2 and 50/125 µm OM3 fibers respectively. Fiber optic communication is a method of transmitting information from …
13Glossary of boiler terminology — Boilers for generating steam or hot water have been designed in countless different shapes, sizes and configurations. An extensive terminology has evolved to describe their common features. This glossary provides definitions for these terms.… …
14Bank vault — A bank vault is a secure space where money, valuables, records, and documents can be stored. Vaults protect their contents with armored walls and a tightly fashioned door closed with a complex lock. Vault technology developed in a type of arms… …
15Containment building — NRC drawing of containment building. A containment building, in its most common usage, is a steel or reinforced concrete structure enclosing a nuclear reactor. It is designed, in any emergency, to contain the escape of radiation to a maximum… …
16Emmerdale — For the 1994 debut album by The Cardigans, see Emmerdale (album). Hotten redirects here. For the Victorian pornographer, see John Camden Hotten. Emmerdale Current Emmerdale title card (introduced on 30 May 2011) …
17Cass Gilbert — (November 29, 1859 ndash; May 17, 1934) was a pioneering American architect.cite book | last = Christen | first = Barbara S. | coauthors = Flanders, Steven | title = Cass Gilbert, Life and Work: Architect of the Public Domain | publisher = W.W.… …
18Reinforced concrete — is concrete in which reinforcement bars ( rebars ), reinforcement grids, plates or fibers have been incorporated to strengthen the concrete in tension. It was invented by French gardener Joseph Monier in 1849 and patented in 1867.[1] The term… …
19Perth Airport — This article is about an airport in Australia. For other uses, see Perth Airport (disambiguation). Perth Airport IATA: PER – …
20Building insulation materials — A selection of insulation materials can aid in building insulation. All of these are based on standard principles of thermal insulation. Materials used to reduce heat transfer by conduction, radiation or convection are employed in varying… …
