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enabling the load to be kept upright whilst traversing stairways. As a feature this enables the movement of objects that must be kept upright during transportation...

lead–acid batteries, which must be kept upright to avoid acid spills and to keep the plates' orientation vertical. Cells may be operated with the plates horizontal...

increasing the temperature gradient. The tubes must be kept upright, and occasionally may need to be tapped or even shaken to begin bubbling after warming...

electrolyte in an unsealed container, requiring that the battery be kept upright and the area be well ventilated to ensure safe dispersal of the hydrogen gas...

kickstand is a device on a bicycle or motorcycle that allows the bike to be kept upright without leaning against another object or the aid of a person. A kickstand...

attached to the rim in such a way that as the wheel turns, they are kept upright, usually by gravity. Some of the largest modern Ferris wheels have cars...

The double bass (/ˈdʌbəl beɪs/), also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, the bull fiddle, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched...

all threat and symbolic power. The skeleton as a utensil can only be kept upright by hanging it on an iron stand. The connection to reality is reinforced...

stability with adaptation to riding on a railway track: bicycles are kept upright by the rider steering in the direction of an impending fall, but this ability...

Chinese. The container is inexpensive, durable and fairly leak-proof when kept upright. The top usually has a locking paperboard tab that is self-closing. The...

adjusts the apparent depth of the drawer interior so that files are kept upright in the drawer. These are the legacy of a time when most filing was done...

and catching of the colours. Slant colours: The colours are normally kept upright, but this can represent a problem both when dealing with standard doors...

A. E. Housman Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman Ulysses by James Joyce kept upright by a black elephant bookend. Bibliography of George Orwell The Collected...

keeping the cover closed. These containers are leak-resistant only if kept upright, and often have a square imprint area for labeling. A cylindrical style...

engineer 1896–1907. He did much work on a monorail locomotive which was kept upright by a gyrostat. In 1903 he patented a gyroscopically-balanced monorail...

more of a dinghy than a keel boat. On water under sail, the boat must be kept upright by active crew work, balancing, hiking, steering and constant adjustment...

Champagne and other sparkling wines tend to age better if they are kept upright. This is because the internal pressure caused by the trapped carbonic...

on the screen and rotating, while dragging a block. The tower can be kept upright by tilting the device in the opposite direction from the direction...

made of bunting, & attached to [a] semicircular bow this by lines is kept upright, & dragged behind the vessel". The next day he remarked that "The number...

heavier than LCD and may require more careful handling, such as being kept upright.[citation needed] Plasma displays use more electrical power, on average...