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    (EMALS). An electromagnetic wave traveling through the motor propels the armature along its length, pulling the plane with it. This system allows more precise...
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  • "Mister Twister" line of fishing bait). The body was molded over a wire armature, with a separately attached head and a removable space helmet based on...
    10 KB (1,278 words) - 19:31, 4 October 2024
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    was not used to pull the catapult armature directly, rather the rope was wound around a drum. The catapult armature was attached to this drum which would...
    34 KB (3,524 words) - 12:01, 26 September 2024
  • GEC Traction at Preston, Lancashire, Al Reed, the separately-excited (Armature Controlled DC Motor) brushed DC electric motor, and Gerald West; the right-angle...
    272 KB (39,675 words) - 07:30, 27 August 2024
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    in addition to serving as acting president, designed the first slotted armature for dynamos. His student at the college, Frederick Stark Pearson, would...
    105 KB (9,902 words) - 14:21, 13 October 2024
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    Cassidy, fought against its opponents by sticking a roll of tape onto its armature and circling around them, encapsulating them and denying them movement...
    34 KB (3,689 words) - 14:32, 27 September 2024
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    in parallel with the motor field. This has the effect of increasing the armature current, producing a corresponding increase in motor torque and speed....
    92 KB (11,651 words) - 19:44, 13 September 2024
  • patterns were carved out of wood, then cast and assembled over an aluminum armature. The model's panels were painted in an alternating matte and gloss scheme...
    115 KB (13,362 words) - 14:06, 8 October 2024
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    Tube". It was initially operated by electric locomotives, with motor armatures built directly on the axles to eliminate noise-producing gearboxes, hauling...
    68 KB (5,839 words) - 15:13, 21 September 2024
  • was the basis and many kits also included a permanent magnet and 5 pole armature to upgrade the motor and convert it to DC (such decoders rectify track...
    27 KB (3,828 words) - 20:55, 29 September 2023
  • ISBN 978-0-313-35746-6. Retrieved 13 May 2010. Heppenheimer, T. A. (2004) "The Space Shuttle Decision: NASA's Search for a Reusable Space Vehicle" The NASA History...
    100 KB (2,149 words) - 03:26, 5 October 2024
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    Speed (hired for the Christmas holidays) was struck in the head by the armature while the ride was in motion. The employee was taken to hospital and placed...
    67 KB (7,920 words) - 11:43, 30 August 2024
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    to control the speed, and a switch which altered the connections to the armature was used to reverse the direction of travel. The locomotives were small...
    25 KB (3,317 words) - 11:57, 14 May 2023
  • the armature shafts. These bevel pinions drive a larger bevel ring gear in a gear case. On one truck, the locking nut on the traction motor armature shaft...
    49 KB (6,506 words) - 21:00, 18 August 2024
  • Retrieved August 26, 2015. "Choice Provisions on Twitter". Twitter. "Shuttle Rush". Retrieved November 7, 2014. "Silver Falls - Undertakers". Nintendo...
    228 KB (5,932 words) - 06:04, 9 October 2024
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    Passenger Bandra Terminus Vapi Passenger Ahmedabad Passenger Surat - Virar Shuttle Ahmedabad - Valsad Passenger These trains were being hauled by the WCAM-1...
    22 KB (1,335 words) - 09:37, 26 July 2024
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    espresso machines. The only moving part is a spring-loaded piston, the armature of a solenoid. Driven by half-wave rectified alternating current, the piston...
    56 KB (7,073 words) - 10:07, 17 August 2024
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    Arcadia, California. Three 1,600 pound motorized drive wheels and motor armature with a snow plow mounted on rails over the service pit. Recovered in 1993...
    39 KB (5,292 words) - 20:06, 15 June 2024
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    Louisiana and the South. Gradually the inner supports of the figures (welded armatures) were more interesting to her than the representational surfaces, and...
    11 KB (1,137 words) - 18:56, 25 June 2024
  • trimming and buffing. Its most distinct feature was a grip on a steel armature that eliminated the need for a man to touch car parts just made from molten...
    17 KB (2,290 words) - 16:47, 15 February 2024
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