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  • Thumbnail for Tung oil
    adding excess cobalt drier. To prevent wrinkling, the oil is heated to gas-proof it (also known as "boiled"). "Tung oil finish" is often used by paint...
    9 KB (1,026 words) - 21:46, 11 September 2024
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    mechanism was historically one of the few practical ways to achieve a gas-proof seal with a breech-loading firearm that does not employ metallic cartridges...
    5 KB (643 words) - 05:10, 12 August 2024
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    aloft, Nadar experienced imaging problems as gas escaped from his balloons. After Nadar invented a gas-proof cotton cover and draped it over his balloon...
    18 KB (1,616 words) - 05:44, 31 August 2024
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    skin to gas-proof their gasbags, Akron used Goodyear Tire and Rubber's rubberised cotton, heavier but much cheaper and more durable. Half the gas cells...
    50 KB (6,330 words) - 02:50, 12 September 2024
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    ferments the dough and produces gases, thereby leavening the dough. In contrast, proofing or blooming yeast (as opposed to proofing the dough) may refer to the...
    17 KB (2,143 words) - 14:24, 12 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Electrical equipment in hazardous areas
    techniques of flame-proofing exist, and they are often used in combination: The equipment housing may be sealed to prevent entry of flammable gas or dust into...
    31 KB (3,010 words) - 12:25, 14 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Military chocolate (United States)
    were ordered to be packaged to make them poison gas-proof. The bars' boxes were covered with an anti-gas coating and were packed 12 to a cardboard carton...
    16 KB (2,071 words) - 04:07, 10 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for FCM 36
    competitors, especially since it had been proven on 17 June to be completely gas-proof, a unique quality that was considered a very desirable feature at the...
    14 KB (2,017 words) - 20:14, 31 August 2024
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    September 2022, Ethereum transitioned its consensus mechanism from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS) in an upgrade process known as "the Merge". This...
    78 KB (7,010 words) - 02:01, 9 September 2024
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    Autogas (redirect from Auto gas)
    United Kingdom also use ACME. 'Dutch' bayonet. This type establishes a gas-proof seal by a push and twist action. This type is used in the United Kingdom...
    84 KB (10,674 words) - 20:12, 31 July 2024
  • A proof test is a form of stress test to demonstrate the fitness of a load-bearing or impact-experiencing structure. An individual proof test may apply...
    18 KB (2,191 words) - 02:39, 26 August 2023
  • Thumbnail for Gas turbine
    A gas turbine, gas turbine engine, or also known by its old name internal combustion turbine, is a type of continuous flow internal combustion engine....
    100 KB (12,167 words) - 00:14, 1 September 2024
  • are equipped with GPS and run-flat tires, as well as a gas-proof chamber for defense against gas attacks, and a reinforced chassis with a steel plate under...
    212 KB (23,521 words) - 15:23, 10 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Gas mask
    A gas mask is an item of personal protective equipment used to protect the wearer from inhaling airborne pollutants and toxic gases. The mask forms a...
    34 KB (3,784 words) - 22:23, 8 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel
    All medical or treatment facilities must have a shelter that can be gas proof (can be sealed in a form that the only source of air would be via the...
    172 KB (16,595 words) - 06:16, 3 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for M39 Pantserwagen
    kilometres; good yet safe visibility; an emitter-receiver radio set; gas-proof armour; gun stabilisation; a smoke screen capacity and a searchlight....
    64 KB (10,220 words) - 17:39, 28 June 2024
  • Death Proof is the soundtrack to Death Proof, Quentin Tarantino's segment of the 2007 film Grindhouse. It also includes clips of dialogue from various...
    7 KB (223 words) - 21:36, 25 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tear gas
    currently and formerly used as tear gas include pepper spray (OC gas), PAVA spray (nonivamide), CS gas, CR gas, CN gas (phenacyl chloride), bromoacetone...
    34 KB (3,498 words) - 07:01, 26 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval gun
    Fubuki-class destroyers. These were the first weatherproof, splinterproof and gas-proof enclosed gun turrets ever mounted on a destroyer. Guns in twin mounts...
    9 KB (943 words) - 13:45, 2 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for German fortification of Guernsey
    the local terrain. Fittings such as air purification systems, showers, gas proof doors, telephones, periscopes, and wiring were standardised. Some elements...
    39 KB (5,204 words) - 19:54, 30 June 2024
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