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11Gas compressor — A gas compressor is a mechanical device that increases the pressure of a gas by reducing its volume. Compressors are similar to pumps: both increase the pressure on a fluid and both can transport the fluid through a pipe. As gases are… …
12Capstone Turbine — Infobox Company company name = Capstone Turbine Corp. company company type = Public (NASDAQ|CPST) foundation = 1988 location = Chatsworth, California key people = Darren R. Jamison (CEO) industry = Industrial Electrical Equipment products =… …
13Roquefort — /rohk feuhrt/, Trademark. a strongly flavored cheese, veined with mold, made of sheep s milk and ripened in caves at Roquefort, a town in S France. Also called Roquefort cheese. [1830 40] * * * ▪ cheese classic blue cheese made from ewe s milk,… …
14Mohawk Innovative Technology — Mohawk s foil air bearing for the core rotor shaft of an aircraft turbine engine. Mohawk Innovative Technology, Inc. is an American product and research and development technology company specializing in integrating advanced oil free compliant… …
15Charon's obol — Charon and Psyche (1883), a pre Raphaelite interpretation of the myth by John Roddam Spencer Stanhope Charon s obol is an allusive term for the coin placed in or on the mouth[1] of a dead person before burial. According to …
16Hookah — Qalyan redirects here. For the village in Iran, see Qolian, Lorestan. The homophone hooka can refer to surface supplied underwater diving. An Egyptian hookah (shisha). A hookah(Gujarati હૂકાહ) (Hindustani: हुक़्क़ा (Devanagari …
17Star Wars PocketModel Trading Card Game — Infobox Game title = Star Wars PocketModel TCG subtitle = Trading Card Game image link = image caption = designer = Mike Elliott, Ethan Pasternack illustrator = publisher = WizKids players = 2 ages = 12+ setup time = 10 minutes playing time = 30… …
18Phonograph — Turntable redirects here. For other uses, see Turntable (disambiguation). Edison cylinder phonograph ca. 1899 …
19GLASS — Earliest Times The earliest manufacture of glass does not antedate the late third millennium B.C.E., when the first glass beads were made in Mesopotamia and Egypt. The invention of glass vessel making dates to the mid second millennium B.C.E.,… …
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… …
