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cylinder
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
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1996
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cylinder or rotary valve. A special type of valve in brass instr., in much use in some European countries but in Brit. and USA applied only to the Fr. hn. The term is sometimes used for any kind of valve, e.g. It.
trombone a cilindri (valve tb.).
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Cylinders are workhorses of linear motion.(includes related article on rodless cylinders)
Magazine article from: Hydraulics & Pneumatics; 5/1/1999; 700+ words
; ...possible without cylinders. Cylinder basics By far the...gravity-return cylinder. Single-acting cylinders can be spring...spring-extend cylinders. But the most common...single-acting cylinder uses a return spring...
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Cylinders Take a Snooze
Magazine article from: Automotive Industries; 5/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Inspire models with cylinder deactivation last year...the approach Variable Cylinder Management (VCM...mileage. Disabling cylinders finally makes sense...disable unnecessary cylinders so seamlessly that the...happening under the hood. Cylinder deactivation works because...
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Cylinders. (46th Annual Designer's Guide to Fluid Power Products).
Magazine article from: Hydraulics & Pneumatics; 1/1/2002; 700+ words
; ...Co. * * * Custom Cylinders Inc. * * * Custom Hoists...Deere and Co., Cylinder Group * DEL Hydraulics...Inc. * Duramaster Cylinders * * Eaton Hydraulics...Co. * * * Custom Cylinders Inc. * * * Custom Hoists...Hydraulics * Deere and Co., Cylinder Group * DEL Hyd
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Telescopic cylinders go the extra distance: mobile applications often call for cylinders with long strokes but small profiles--ideal conditions for telescoping cylinders. (Mobile Cylinders).
Magazine article from: Hydraulics & Pneumatics; 5/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...A telescopic cylinder easily solves...Telescopic hydraulic cylinders are relatively...main. Basic Cylinder Types As with conventional cylinders, the two basic...acting telescopic cylinders. These piston seals allow the cylinder to retract under...
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Cylinders.(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Hydraulics & Pneumatics; 1/1/2000; 700+ words
; ...Plating Co. * * * * Cylinders & Valves, Inc...Deere and Co., Cylinder Group * DEL Hydraulics...Duramaster Cylinders * * Eaton Hydraulics...Swanson Plating Co. * * Cylinders & Valves, Inc...Deere and Co., Cylinder Group * * DEL Hydraulics...
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Cylinders.
Magazine article from: Hydraulics & Pneumatics; 1/1/2001; 700+ words
; ...Custom Cylinders Inc...Deere and Co., Cylinder Group * * * * * * DEL...Duramaster Cylinders * * * * * * * * Eaton...Flairline Cylinders...Glassport Cylinder Works/Tri-State...
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Pneumatic cylinders epitomize variety.
Magazine article from: Hydraulics & Pneumatics; 11/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...conventional cylinders. But the term rodless cylinder is overly general...types of rodless cylinders are the piston...the cable cylinder, and the flexible...portion of the cylinder between end...Alignment of these cylinders is much less...
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Cylinder lubrication and feed control in relation to low-speed, cross-head engine load and speed
Magazine article from: Lubrication Engineering; 6/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; Cylinder lubricant qualities as well as oil feed...stroke cycle cross-head diesel engines. Cylinder liners and piston rings are lubricated...each plunger stroke. Spread along the cylinder wall, the thin oil film perceives a thermo...
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Cylinder overhauls: are they worth it? In a market dominated by intense competition in new cylinders, overhauled jugs still make sense in some cases. Here's how to make the call.(AIRCRAFT ENGINES)(Industry overview)
Magazine article from: The Aviation Consumer; 1/1/2007; 700+ words
; ...Zephyr still does cylinder overhauls and still...installs overhauled cylinders from the exchange...plummet in factory cylinder prices and intense competition in new cylinders from Superior and...or two from the cylinder pool. Proactive replacement of good cylinders that might fail...
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Cylinders for profit-making designs: when hydraulic or pneumatic systems must produce linear motion, cylinders become their most important component by converting fluid pressure and flow to force and velocity, respectively.(COMPONENT BASICS)
Magazine article from: Hydraulics & Pneumatics; 5/1/2005; 700+ words
; ...possible without cylinders. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Cylinder basics The most...gravity-return cylinder. [FIGURE 1...Single-acting cylinders can be spring...Mill-duty cylinders have flanges...ends of the cylinder barrels with...
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SIC 3593 Fluid Power Cylinders and Actuators
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...pressure. Double-acting cylinders work similarly, but...against one side of the cylinder, thus allowing a push or pull motion; these cylinders are used in construction...typical single-acting cylinder. Although hydraulic...for powering hydraulic cylinders were developed in the...
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Volume of Cone and Cylinder
Book article from: Mathematics
...base. Both ends of a cylinder are circles, each of...The height of the cylinder is the length h between...between these cones and cylinders with equal bases and...one-third that of a cylinder that has the same base...height: . The cones and cylinders shown previously are...
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cylinder
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
cylinder in mathematics, surface generated by...line of the family of lines forming the cylinder is called a ruling, or generator. If...g., a circle or a parabola), the cylinder is called a quadric cylinder. The commonest...
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De Tromelin Cylinder
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
De Tromelin Cylinder A device for the detection of psychic forces was invented by the Count de Tromelin at the opening of the twentieth century. A paper cylinder with a crosspiece of straw revolves on a fine point when a human hand...
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firing on all (four) cylinders
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
firing on all (four) cylinders working or functioning at a peak level. A metaphor from an internal-combustion engine; a cylinder is said to be firing when the fuel inside it is ignited.
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