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  2. Lava lamp - Wikipedia

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    Some recombination will occur as part of the normal cycle of the wax in the container, but the only way to recombine all of the wax is to turn off the lamp and wait for a few hours. The wax then settles back to the bottom, forming one blob once again. Severe cases can require many heating-cooling cycles to clear. [6]

  3. Stone flaming - Wikipedia

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    The saw leaves flat surfaces with circular marks. Flaming is done by wetting, and then running an oxygen-acetylene or oxygen-propane torch over the surface. As shown in both pictures, the torch is usually held at a 45-degree angle to the stone, so that released glowing sand grains are blown away in a harmless direction.

  4. Mechanically powered flashlight - Wikipedia

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    A dyno torch, dynamo torch, or squeeze flashlight is a flashlight or pocket torch which generates energy via a flywheel. The user repeatedly squeezes a handle to spin a flywheel inside the flashlight, attached to a small generator/dynamo, supplying electric current to an incandescent bulb or light-emitting diode. The flashlight must be pumped ...

  5. Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle - Wikipedia

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    The Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle, designed for NASA's Project Mercury, was the first American crewed space booster.It was used for six sub-orbital Mercury flights from 1960–1961; culminating with the launch of the first, and 11 weeks later, the second American (and the second and third humans) in space.

  6. Rushlight - Wikipedia

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    A rushlight is a type of candle or miniature torch formed by soaking the dried pith of the rush plant in fat or grease. For several centuries, rushlights were a common source of artificial light for poor people throughout the British Isles. [1] They were extremely inexpensive to make.

  7. Main sequence turnoff - Wikipedia

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    HR diagrams for two open clusters, M67 and NGC 188, showing the main sequence turn-off at different ages.. The turnoff point for a star refers to the point on the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram where it leaves the main sequence after its main fuel is exhausted – the main sequence turnoff.

  8. DME torch - Wikipedia

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    The body of the torch is ribbed and has a small red LED that flashes to indicate that the torch is charged and serviceable. The EF-1 generates 1,400 candela has a duration of 4 hours continuous use and can be switched off by replacing it in its stowage or unscrewing the lens cap. [2] Removing the bottom of the body will also preserve the battery.

  9. Flashback arrestor - Wikipedia

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    In many countries or regions they are mandatory to be installed at the gas regulator or gas outlet/ tapping point. Depending on the application they are also often used at the torch side as an additional safety device. Flashback arrestors help prevent: Further gas flow in the case of pressure shocks.