blende
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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blende native sulphide of zinc. XVII. — G.
blende, f.
blenden deceive (see
BLIND); so called because, while often resembling galena, it yielded no lead.
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The tachometer: tool for the 90's.
Magazine article from: Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News; 10/9/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...of duct resistance. The tachometer is the only method of determining...blade, or blower wheel. Tachometer types There are three types of tachometers available to hvac technicians. 1. The contact tachometer. 2. The photo tachometer...
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All This Tachometer Talk Has Her Head Spinning
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 3/2/1994; ; 611 words
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Understanding magnetic sensors for digital tachometer systems.
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What's that big tachometer doing in my dashboard?
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 1/26/1992; ; 602 words
; ...the first car I've ever owned with a tachometer. The owner's manual tells me to shift...minute. That being the case, does the tachometer serve any practical purpose? Dale TOM...hour, they had a meeting and decided a tachometer would fill the spot. RAY: Actually...
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Improved tachometer eliminates backlash. (design ideas: volume 2, number 15A)
Magazine article from: EDN; 7/21/1988; ; 700+ words
; Improved tachometer eliminates backlash The tachometer circuit of Fig 1 interprets the quadrature square-wave...function as that of an earlier Design Idea ("Bidirectional tachometer offers low error," EDN, October 30, 1986, pg 204...
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Tachometer magic
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 12/17/2006; 513 words
; New Straits Times 12-17-2006 Tachometer magic Edition: New Sunday Times Section...DEAR Paul, I recently added a 5-inch tachometer to my Proton Wira 1.6XLi year 1993...transmission problem. Can the addition of a tachometer solve this problem? I had an overheating...
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ROAD SAFETY: PARLIAMENT PROPOSES COMPROMISE ON TACHOMETERS
Newspaper article from: Transport Europe; 7/20/1995; 700+ words
; ...94)323) on lorry tachometers in Strasbourg on July...had tampered with the tachometer meant to ensure they...equipping existing tachometers with an electronic...defeat than existing tachometers, which print information...to keep or install a tachometer with a "driver's...
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Portable tachometer
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 7/11/2004; 340 words
; ...Straits Times 07-11-2004 Portable tachometer Edition: 2* Column: Autocare Dear...most of our workshops do not have a tachometer for measuring the idling speed. The...years ago, I came across a portable tachometer in a workshop in KL, which a foreman...
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Tachometer circuit reduces parts count. (Design Ideas) (technical)
Magazine article from: EDN; 2/16/1989; ; 700+ words
; Tachometer circuit reduces parts count The tachometer circuit of Fig 1 requires only one IC (besides the counter...IC circuit of an earlier Design Idea did ("Improved tachometer eliminates backlash," March 31, 1987, pg 210). A...
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Tachometer.(what's New)
Magazine article from: Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News; 5/17/2004; 390 words
; ...Pro--CT50 is a portable, compact tachometer. It can display two parameters simultaneously. The optical tachometer has a measuring range of 0 to 50...resolution of 1 rpm, while the contact tachometer has a measuring range of 13 to 8...
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tachometer
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
tachometer , instrument that indicates the speed, usually in revolutions per minute, at which an engine shaft is rotating. Some tachometers, especially those used in automobiles, are similar in construction and operation to automotive speedometers...
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automobile
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...internal-combustion engine ; lubrication ; muffler ; odometer ; shock absorber ; speedometer ; steering system ; suspension ; tachometer ; tire ; transmission . Automobile Propulsion Systems Reciprocating Internal-Combustion Engines The modern automobile is...
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Behr GmbH & Co. KG
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...inventor Julius Fr. Behr joined Veigel and Zoller, a small workshop in Stuttgart, Germany, that manufactured radiators and tachometers for passenger cars and cake tins for pastry shops. When one of the partners, Andreas Veigel, left the partnership, Behr...
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tach
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
tach / tak / • n. inf. short for tachometer .
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tachograph
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
tach·o·graph / ˈtakəˌgraf / • n. a tachometer providing a record of engine speed over a period, esp. in a commercial road vehicle.
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