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  • 81carburetor — Optionally spelled carburetter or carburettor. A device that vaporizes fuel and mixes it with air in proper quantities and proportions to suit the varying needs of the engine. A filter screens the air which is drawn into the carburetor. Here the… …

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  • 82Sluice — Sluice, n. [OF. escluse, F. [ e]cluse, LL. exclusa, sclusa, from L. excludere, exclusum, to shut out: cf. D. sluis sluice, from the Old French. See {Exclude}.] 1. An artifical passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, as in a mill stream,… …

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  • 83Sluice gate — Sluice Sluice, n. [OF. escluse, F. [ e]cluse, LL. exclusa, sclusa, from L. excludere, exclusum, to shut out: cf. D. sluis sluice, from the Old French. See {Exclude}.] 1. An artifical passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, as in a mill… …

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  • 84Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins — See also: 2,3,7,8 Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin, Dioxins and dioxin like compounds, and 1,4 Dioxin General structure of PCDDs where n and m can range from 0 to 4 Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins (PCDDs), or simply dioxins, are a group of organic… …

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  • 85St Osyth — For the saint, see Osgyth. Coordinates: 51°47′56″N 1°04′48″E / 51.799°N 1.080°E / 51.799; 1.080 …

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  • 86Warragamba Dam — Infobox lake lake name = Warragamba Dam image lake = Warragamba Dam.jpg caption lake = Warragamba Dam Wall image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = 60km West of Sydney, Australia coords = coord|33.8834|S|150.596|E|type:waterbody… …

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  • 87James Lighthill — Michael James Lighthill Born 23 January 1924(19 …

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  • 88Glossary of nautical terms — This is a glossary of nautical terms; some remain current, many date from the 17th 19th century. See also Wiktionary s nautical terms, Category:Nautical terms, and Nautical metaphors in English. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R …

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  • 89Hari Rhodes — Infobox Actor name = Hari Rhodes imagesize = caption = birthdate = birth date|1932|4|10|mf=y birthplace = Cincinnati, Ohio deathdate = death date and age|1992|1|15|1932|4|10|mf=y deathplace = Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California othername = Harry …

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  • 90TXE — TXE, which stands for Telephone eXchange Electronic, was the designation given to a family of telephone exchanges developed by the British General Post Office (GPO), now BT, designed to replace the ageing Strowger systems. When World War II ended …

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