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  2. Taut band movement - Wikipedia

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  3. Unusual eBay listings - Wikipedia

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    Bridgeville, California (population 25) was the first town to be sold on eBay in 2002, and has been up for sale three times since. [1] In January 2003, Thatch Cay, the last privately held and undeveloped U.S. Virgin Island, was listed for auction by Idealight International. The minimum bid was US$3 million and the sale closed January 16, 2003. [2]

  4. Multimeter - Wikipedia

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    The meter movement in a moving pointer analog multimeter is practically always a moving-coil galvanometer of the d'Arsonval type, using either jeweled pivots or taut bands to support the moving coil. In a basic analog multimeter the current to deflect the coil and pointer is drawn from the circuit being measured; it is usually an advantage to ...

  5. Ant on a rubber rope - Wikipedia

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    An ant starts to crawl along a taut rubber rope 1 km long at a speed of 1 cm per second (relative to the rubber it is crawling on). At the same time, the rope starts to stretch uniformly at a constant rate of 1 km per second, so that after 1 second it is 2 km long, after 2 seconds it is 3 km long, etc.

  6. Galvanometer - Wikipedia

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    An early D'Arsonval galvanometer showing magnet and rotating coil. A galvanometer is an electromechanical measuring instrument for electric current.Early galvanometers were uncalibrated, but improved versions, called ammeters, were calibrated and could measure the flow of current more precisely.

  7. Talk:1.25-meter band - Wikipedia

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    Certainly manufacturers of one-band and two-band mobile equipment prefer to support 2m and 70cm first (in that order) to reach the largest number of users, but once those start to become full, any spillover into a third band must go (for want of other similar frequencies) to 50MHz or to 220. --66.102.80.212 20:21, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

  8. Numismatics - Wikipedia

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    Numismatics is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, medals, and related objects.. Specialists, known as numismatists, are often characterized as students or collectors of coins, but the discipline also includes the broader study of money and other means of payment used to resolve debts and exchange goods.

  9. A. S. W. Rosenbach - Wikipedia

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    The Rosenbach Company formed on June 22, 1903, and Polock died on August 16 that same year. The business was largely funded at first by Philadelphia collectors Clarence S. Bement and Joseph M. Fox. [1] The first sale the brothers made was on October 25, 1903, selling two picture frames for $50 each. [7]