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  2. Hand pump - Wikipedia

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    A chain pump is a type of water pump that uses a chain to move water from one place to another. It works on the principle of a continuous loop of chain moving through a series of sprockets, with attached buckets that lift water as the chain passes over the top sprocket and discharge it as the chain reaches the bottom. [12]

  3. India Mark II - Wikipedia

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    Durability needs to be incorporated into pump design to the handle the heavy use (and abuse). The India Mark II is a human-powered pump designed to lift water from a depth of 50–80 m. [1] The Mark II is world's most widely used water handpump. [2] The pump was designed in the 1970s to serve village water needs in developing countries and ...

  4. How Polari, the ‘lost language’ of gay men, inspired much of ...

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    Butch, femme, drag, camp, zhuzh and more are now in common parlance, thanks to Polari, as well as some quite spicy terms, like cherry, dish and more (but more on that later).

  5. Pump - Wikipedia

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    The device uses the water hammer effect to develop pressure that lifts a portion of the input water that powers the pump to a point higher than where the water started. The hydraulic ram is sometimes used in remote areas, where there is both a source of low-head hydropower, and a need for pumping water to a destination higher in elevation than ...

  6. Ion pump - Wikipedia

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    A noble diode pump is a type of ion pump used in high-vacuum applications that employs both a chemically reactive cathode, such as titanium, and an additional cathode composed of tantalum. The tantalum cathode serves as a high-inertia crystal lattice structure for the reflection and burial of neutrals, increasing pumping effectiveness of inert ...

  7. The ZhuZhus - Wikipedia

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    The ZhuZhus is about 8-year-old [9] Frankie Pamplemousse, who lives in Anytown [10] with her parents who run a plumbing home business called Pamplemouse Plumbing. [11] She owns four talking hamsters called the ZhuZhus; Pipsqueak, Mr. Squiggles, Num Nums, and Chunk, as they have adventures in their town.

  8. RMB-93 - Wikipedia

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    The RMb-93 is a pump-action shotgun designed and manufactured by the KBP Instrument Design Bureau of Tula, Russia. It is the baseline model of the Rys ("Lynx") series of shotguns, taking the model name of Rys-K. The RMb-93 has been conceived as a combat weapon for Special Forces and Police units that might face Close Quarters Battle situations ...

  9. Zhu (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Zhu is the pinyin romanization of five Chinese surnames: 朱, 祝, 竺, 猪 and 諸.. The most prominent of the five, Zhu (), is the 17th name in the Hundred Family Surnames poem and was the surname of the Ming dynasty emperors.