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  • 11Prosthesis — For other uses, see Prosthesis (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Orthotic. A man with two prosthetic arms playing table football …

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  • 12Breechblock — A breechblock (or breech block ) is the part of the firearm action that closes the breech of a weapon (whether small arms or artillery) at the moment of firing. Most modern small firearms use a rotating breechblock, better known as a bolt, first… …

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  • 13Firearm action — In firearms terminology, an action is the system of operation used to load rounds and/or seal the breech. In many weapons a breechblock reciprocates in the receiver of the firearm. The term is also used for the physical parts inside the weapon… …

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  • 14Buttevant Rail Disaster — was a train crash in Buttevant, County Cork in the Republic of Ireland on August 1 1980. The CIE Train was en route from Dublin to Cork and at 12:45 the Dublin to Cork express entered the Buttevant station at 115km/h carrying some 230 Bank… …

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  • 15Beer engine — A beer engine is a device for pumping beer, originally manually operated and typically used to dispense beer from a cask or container in a pub s basement or cellar. It was invented by the locksmith and hydraulic engineer Joseph Bramah in 1797.… …

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  • 16Linear actuator — TOC A linear actuator is a device that develops force and motion, from an available energy source, in a linear manner, as opposed to rotationally like an electric motor. There are various methods of achieving this linear motion. Several different …

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  • 17Globe valve — A Globe valve is a type of valve used for regulating flow in a pipeline, consisting of a movable disk type element and a stationary ring seat in a generally spherical body. [cite web url = http://www.answers.com/topic/globe valve title = Globe… …

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  • 18Printed circuit board milling — is the process of removing areas of copper from a sheet of printed circuit board material to recreate the pads, signal traces and structures according to patterns from a digital circuit board plan known as a layout file. Similar to the more… …

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  • 19Taurus Raging Bull — Infobox Weapon name=Raging Bull caption=Taurus Raging Bull in .454 Casull, with blued finish. Note 5 shot cylinder and distinctive red grip insert origin=flagcountry|Brazil type= Revolver is ranged=yes cartridge=.22 Hornet.30 Carbine.41 Magnum.44 …

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  • 20automation — /aw teuh may sheuhn/, n. 1. the technique, method, or system of operating or controlling a process by highly automatic means, as by electronic devices, reducing human intervention to a minimum. 2. a mechanical device, operated electronically,… …

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