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  2. Slot machine - Wikipedia

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    A slot machine, fruit machine (British English), poker machine or pokies (Australian English and New Zealand English) is a gambling machine that creates a game of chance for its customers. A slot machine's standard layout features a screen displaying three or more reels that "spin" when the game is activated.

  3. Pushmo - Wikipedia

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    Pushmo is set in the Pushmo Park, where Pushmos are made by Papa Blox, the creator and caretaker of the Park. While visiting the park, Mallo witnesses papa Blox hurting his back while trying to rescue a trapped child. Mallo assists and they discover another child trap them inside. Mallo then crosses the park rescuing the remaining children.

  4. Corkscrew - Wikipedia

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    A lever corkscrew. The lever or "rabbit" corkscrew is operated using a pair of handles which are used to grip the neck of the bottle, and a lever which is simply pressed down to twist the screw into the cork, then lifted to extract the cork. Expelling the cork from the device is done with a similar press/lift action. [11]

  5. Lever - Wikipedia

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    The lever is operated by applying an input force F A at a point A located by the coordinate vector r A on the bar. The lever then exerts an output force F B at the point B located by r B. The rotation of the lever about the fulcrum P is defined by the rotation angle θ in radians. Archimedes lever, Engraving from Mechanics Magazine, published ...

  6. Push–pull agricultural pest management - Wikipedia

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    Push-pull technology has also been more widely seen as culturally acceptable and congruent because of the way it provides traditional roles for men and women in the agriculture work. [15] Because push-pull technology can fit within existing family frameworks, the practice does not demand an overhaul of existing dynamics. [15]

  7. Thrust lever - Wikipedia

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    Thrust levers in a Boeing 747 Classic. The center and rear levers are used during flight, while the forward levers control reverse thrust.. Thrust levers or throttle levers are found in the cockpit of aircraft, and are used by the pilot, copilot, flight engineer, or autopilot to control the thrust output of the aircraft's engines, by controlling the fuel flow to those engines. [1]

  8. Bowden cable - Wikipedia

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    The origin and invention of the Bowden cable are open to some dispute, confusion and myth. The invention of the Bowden cable has been popularly attributed to Sir Frank Bowden, one time owner of the Raleigh Bicycle Company who, circa 1902, was reputed to have started replacing the rigid rods used for brakes with a flexible wound cable but no evidence for this exists.

  9. Back lever - Wikipedia

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    A back lever is a static hold performed on the rings or the pull-up bar. A back lever is rated as an 'A' value skill on the Code of Points , a scale from A to F, with F being the most difficult. A back lever is performed by lowering from an inverted hang until the gymnast 's body is parallel to the ground and facing towards the floor.