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    Regenerative Braking Regenerative braking is used on automobiles to recoup some of the energy that is lost while the vehicle is stopping. This technology is used on hybrid vehicles that use both gas and electricity as sources of power. The energy that is recouped during braking is saved in a storage battery and used later to power the motor whenever the vehicle is using its electric power source. Conventional Braking Systems In braking systems on conventional vehicles‚ friction is used to counteract

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    Performing Arts | Grade: 3 | Topic: Improvise & Create | Duration: 3 Hours Date: 04 MARCH 2013 | Prior knowledge: Different types of dances | Content: knowledge Rhythmic patterns: polyrhythms.Body percussions.Movement sequences.(Locomotive & non-locomotive).Key Concepts: Percussion‚ Rhythmic patterns‚ locomotor‚ non-locomotor‚ movement sequences.Skills: Performing & creating dance movements.Creating rhythmic patterns and body percussions.Values: appreciation of the body as an instrument

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    MOTHERFUCKING STEAM ENGINES BITCH TOP INTRO Brief History of the Steam Engine One of the most significant industrial challenges of the 1700’s was the removal of water from mines. Steam power was used to pump the water from the mines. Now‚ this might seem to have very little to do with modern steam-powered electrical power plants. However‚ one of the fundamental principles used in the development of steam-based power is the principle that condensation of water vapour can create a vacuum. This

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    Abstract Many great innovations that benefited people came to earth in the 19th and 20th century. These new creations vastly improved people’s way of lives by making things easier and faster to do while some provide news and knowledge in a flash. The amazing ideas were formulated by brilliant inventors so that they could address the current needs to prevent time consuming tasks and at the same time deliver good results. Through these notable wonders which we often use were the computer‚ television

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    The first invention was the train Locomotive in the 1804. It was the best invention that it was made in the 1800’s. After years past by they made the Bicycle it was one of the more used. The motorcycle was made in the 1885‚ it was powered by Gas and they made the motorcycle because it is the new advance of the Bicycle. The train locomotive Invention was the first step for the transportation of the future. That man that made the first train locomotive was Benjamin French had been involved

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    have happened so quickly if it wasn ’t for new inventions. Inventions made it easier for people to do their jobs and get them finished quicker. Many new inventions made during this time period where the spinning jenny‚ water frame‚ steam engine and locomotive. The inventors of these inventions were Jasmes Hargreaves‚ Richard Arkwright‚ Jame ’s Watt and Richard Trevithick. New ideas‚ methods‚ and machinery helped the Industrial Revolution go at a faster pace. The spinning jenny was invented by Jasmes

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    revolution created a major energy crisis which was solved by James Watt. During the revolution the first locomotive (the Rocket) was invented by George Stephenson‚ this invention greatly impacted the transportation of goods‚ which in turn had a large impact on the market and economy in Britain. The Industrial revolution‚ therefore‚ directly impacted the main transportation system of

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    dense fog‚ derailed as a result‚ burying the engine and four cars five stories deep in the mud and muck of Big Bayou Canot.4‚7‚8‚10‚12‚13 Bruce Barrett‚ a locomotive engineer‚ has described what might have been occurring in the cab of Amtrak engine Number 819 prior to the wreck.2 This scenario is based upon my 17 years’ experience as a locomotive engineer on a major western railroad and upon the compilation of bits and pieces of data from public records and accounts of the accident. Engineer Michael

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    The poem “Flower Fed Buffaloes” by V. Lindsay is a short text set on the prairies of America in old days. It is about “Flower Fed Buffaloes” where the old days take pass and that the buffaloes did not live there because locomotives has taken over the prairie‚ where buffaloes were. Three key techniques used by the poet were alliteration‚ metaphor and repetition. They were effective because they helped me understand the theme. The theme is the buffaloes prairies have been taken over by the modern day

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    Thomas the Tank Engine is a small fictional steam locomotive in The Railway Series books by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry and his son‚ Christopher. He is the titular character and became the most popular character in the series‚ and the accompanying television spin-off series‚ Thomas & Friends. Thomas is a tank engine‚ painted blue with red lining‚ and displays the running number one. All of the locomotives in The Railway Series were based on prototypical engines; Thomas has origins in the E2 Class

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