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  2. History of the battery - Wikipedia

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    The NCC improved Gassner's model by replacing the plaster of Paris with coiled cardboard, an innovation that left more space for the cathode and made the battery easier to assemble. It was the first convenient battery for the masses and made portable electrical devices practical, and led directly to the invention of the flashlight.

  3. Rotary dial - Wikipedia

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    On the rotary dial, the digits are arranged in a circular layout, with one finger hole in the finger wheel for each digit. For dialing a digit, the wheel is rotated against spring tension with one finger positioned in the corresponding hole, pulling the wheel with the finger to a stop position given by a mechanical barrier, the finger stop.

  4. Walkie-talkie - Wikipedia

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    The terms are often confused today, but the original walkie-talkie referred to the back mounted model, while the handie-talkie was the device which could be held entirely in the hand. Both devices used vacuum tubes and were powered by high voltage dry cell batteries. Noemfoor, Dutch New Guinea, July 1944.

  5. Pointing and calling - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese variant became much more complex including pointing (using both forefinger and middle finger instead of forefinger-only as in Japan, and used when checking signals, doors, speed and other major aspects) and caution (bending the right elbow by 90° and lifting the forearm upright, used when a checking procedure is finished or caution ...

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    Look back on the time Janet Jackson created YouTube, the Stones battled the censors, and M.I.A. (almost) got fined millions for flipping the bird

  7. Can I get in trouble for giving the middle finger to police ...

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    The First Amendment includes the middle finger While other cases had discussed the protection of vulgarity, like giving the middle finger, the 2019 case of Debra Lee Cruise-Gulyas v.

  8. Here’s how the middle finger became the most obscene digit. ... For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail. Sign in. Subscriptions; Animals. Business.

  9. FBI mnemonics - Wikipedia

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    The rules above are usually used to predict 'F' based upon 'B' and 'I' - the force on a moving charge when moving through a field, whether or not the charge is carried in a wire. However, this rule should not be confused with a different right hand grip rule for the prediction of the direction of a field ('B') produced by current ('I ...