Fuel injection is a system for mixing fuel with air in an internal combustion engine. It has become the primary fuel delivery system used in gasoline automotive engines, having almost completely replaced carburetors in the late 1980s. A fuel injection system is designed and calibrated specifically for the type(s) of fuel it will handle. Most fuel injection systems are for gasoline or diesel applications. With the advent of electronic fuel injection (EFI), the diesel and gasoline hardware has become similar. EFI's programmable firmware has permitted common hardware to be used with different fuels. Carburetors were the predominant method used to meter fuel on gasoline engines before the widespread use of fuel injection. A variety of...

ISBN: 978-6-1302-1348-0
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A fuel dispenser is a machine at a filling station that is used to pump gasoline, diesel, CNG, CGH2, HCNG, LPG, LH2, ethanol fuel, biofuels like biodiesel, kerosene, or other types of fuel into vehicles. Fuel dispensers are also known as bowsers, petrol pumps, or gas pumps.The first gasoline pump was invented and sold by Sylvanus F. Bowser in Fort Wayne, Indiana on September 5, 1885. This pump was not used for automobiles, as they had not been invented yet. It was instead used for some kerosene lamps and stoves. He later improved upon the pump by adding safety measures, and also by adding a hose to directly dispense fuel into automobiles. For a while, the term bowser was used to refer to a...

ISBN: 978-6-1327-8640-1
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Since the development of the internal combustion engine, people have looked for ways to increase its efficiency, in order to increase the fuel economy of the automobile.Although many technologies have had a beneficial effect on vehicles' fuel economies, claims as to the efficacy of some devices have clearly been bogus or misleading.An early example of a "fuel saving gadget" sold with claims that were difficult to justify is the 200 mpg carburetor designed by Canadian inventor Charles Nelson Pogue.A good thing to keep in mind when examining fuel saving devices is that most of these claim major increases in combustion efficiency, something that sounds attractive when you consider the average gasoline engine rarely exceeds 35% efficiency....

ISBN: 978-6-1307-7949-8
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A full-face diving mask is a type of diving mask that seals the whole of the diver's face from the water and contains a mouthpiece or demand valve that provides the diver with breathing gas. The full face mask has several functions: it lets the diver see clearly underwater, it provides the diver's face with some protection from cold and polluted water, it increases breathing security and provides a space for equipment that lets the diver communicate with the surface support team. Full face masks can be more secure than breathing from an independent mouthpiece; if the diver becomes unconscious or suffers an oxygen toxicity convulsion, the diver can continue to breathe from the mask unlike a...

ISBN: 978-6-1339-1533-6
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A full rigged ship or fully rigged ship is a sailing vessel with three or more masts, all of them square rigged. A full rigged ship is said to have a ship rig. Sometimes such a vessel will merely be called a ship, particularly in 18th to early 19th century and earlier usage, to distinguish it from other vessels such as schooners, barques, barquentines, brigs, et cetera. Alternately, a full rigged ship may be referred to by its function instead, as in collier or frigate, rather than being called a ship. In many languages the word frigate or frigate rig refers to a full-rigged ship Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии...

ISBN: 978-6-1307-7256-7
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A full power rifle cartridge or full sized rifle cartridge is a rifle cartridge or round that is more powerful than a round for a pistol or assault rifle yet less powerful than a round for an anti- tank rifle (e.g. 13.2 mm Rifle Anti-Tank (Mauser)) or an anti-materiel rifle (e.g. Barrett M82). In part because of the variety of rifle cartridge types made in the 1900s, there is no concise standard with which to judge if a particular cartridge is full power or not. As an informal observation, a full power rifle round is a spitzer bullet fired with sufficient energy and accuracy to be effective at a range of at least 800 yards (730 m) and up to 1,200 yards (1,100 m), yet not possess such recoil as...

ISBN: 978-6-1308-8042-2
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Full-spectrum light is light that covers the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared through near-ultraviolet, or all wavelengths that are useful to plant or animal life; in particular, sunlight is considered full spectrum, even though the solar spectral distribution reaching Earth changes with time of day, latitude, and atmospheric conditions.Full-spectrum is not a technical term when applied to an electrical light bulb but rather a marketing term implying that the product emulates natural light.Products marketed as "full-spectrum" may produce light throughout the entire spectrum, but actually do not produce an even spectral distribution, and may not even differ substantially from lights not marketed as full-spectrum. Данное...

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Fully automatic time is a form of race timing in which the clock is automatically activated by the starting device, and the finish time is either automatically recorded, or timed by analysis of a photo finish. The system is commonly used in track and field as well as Horse Racing, Dog Racing, rowing and more frequently Formula car racing. In these fields a photo finish is used. It is also used in competitive swimming, for which the swimmers themselves record a finish time by touching a touchpad at the end of a race. In order to verify the equipment, or in case of failure, a backup system is usually used in addition to FAT. In races started by a starting gun, a sensor is typically attached to...

ISBN: 978-6-1317-4128-9
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The Fulton surface-to-air recovery system (STARS) is a system used by the United States Air Force and United States Navy for retrieving persons on the ground from a MC-130E Combat Talon I aircraft. It involves using an overall-type harness and a self-inflating balloon which carries an attached lift line. An MC-130E engages the line with its V-shaped yoke and the individual is reeled on board. Red flags on the lift line guide the pilot during daylight recoveries; lights on the lift line are used for night recoveries. Recovery kits were designed for one and two-man retrievals. This system was developed by inventor Robert Edison Fulton, Jr. for the Central Intelligence Agency in the early 1950s. It was an evolution from a similar system...

ISBN: 978-6-1306-8548-5
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Center on Functional Engineered Nano Architectonics is a research institute founded in 2003 and headquartered at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science in Los Angeles, California, USA. The FENA Center networks multiple universities with Industry and government based sponsors including the Department of Defense in pursuit of new nano engineered functional materials and devices, and novel structural and computational architectures. FENA's research is focused on developing new information processing systems beyond the limits of conventional CMOS technology. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается...

ISBN: 978-6-1340-0960-7
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Functional neuroimaging is the use of neuroimaging technology to measure an aspect of brain function, often with a view to understanding the relationship between activity in certain brain areas and specific mental functions. It is primarily used as a research tool in cognitive neuroscience, cognitive psychology, neuropsychology, and social neuroscience. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1306-6049-9
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Un funiculaire est un transport en commun circulant sur des rails et dont la traction est assuree par un cable. Il est generalement utilise pour des liaisons comportant de fortes pentes. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1326-5980-4
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Es wird uber die erfolgreiche Funktionalisierung eines etablierten Werkstoffsystems berichtet, welchem neben den gewunschten Eigenschaften neue Eigenschaften und damit neue Funktionen und Einsatzmoglichkeiten erschlossen werden sollten. Als Basis wurden langfaserverstarkte Glaser gewahlt, zu deren Funktionalisierung Grundlagenuntersuchungen in zwei verschiedenen Richtungen unternommen wurden. Auf der einen Seite wurden die elektrischen Eigenschaften der ursprunglich nur zur Verstarkung der Glasmatrix eingesetzten Siliciumcarbidfasern ausgenutzt, um mit deren Hilfe eine Schadensvorhersage des gesamten Verbundwerkstoffs aufgrund einer mechanischen Beanspruchung oder einer thermischen Belastung zu bekommen. Auf der anderen Seite wurde durch...

ISBN: 978-3-6390-5252-7
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A Furby (plural Furbys or Furbies) was a popular electronic toy or robot, more specifically, a hamster/owl-like creature which went through a period of being a "must-have" toy following its launch in the holiday season of 1998, with continual sales until 2000. Furbies sold 1.8 million units in 1998, 14 million units in 1999, and altogether in its three years of original production, Furbies sold over 40 million units, and its speaking capabilities were translated into 24 languages. Furbies were the first successful attempt to produce and sell a domestically-aimed robot. A newly purchased Furby starts out speaking entirely Furbish, the unique language that all Furbies use, but are programmed to...

ISBN: 978-6-1326-8471-4
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. In electronics and electrical engineering a fuse (from the Latin "fusus" meaning to melt) is a type of sacrificial overcurrent protection device. Its essential component is a metal wire or strip that melts when too much current flows, which interrupts the circuit in which it is connected. Short circuit, overload or device failure is often the reason for excessive current. A fuse interrupts excessive current (blows) so that further damage by overheating or fire is prevented. Wiring regulations often define a maximum fuse current rating for particular circuits. Overcurrent protection devices are essential in...

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Fused deposition modeling (FDM) is an additive manufacturing technology commonly used for modeling, prototyping, and production applications. The technology was developed by S. Scott Crump in the late 1980s and was commercialized in 1990. The FDM technology is marketed commercially by Stratasys, which also holds a trademark on the term. FDM works on an "additive" principle by laying down material in layers. A plastic filament or metal wire is unwound from a coil and supplies material to an extrusion nozzle which can turn on and off the flow. The nozzle is heated to melt the material and can be moved in both horizontal and vertical directions by a numerically controlled mechanism, directly...

ISBN: 978-6-1317-2765-8
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Used in antique spring-powered mechanical watches and clocks, a fusee is a cone-shaped pulley with a spiral groove around it, wound with a cord or chain which is attached to the mainspring barrel. Fusees were used from the 1400s to the early 1900s to improve timekeeping by equalizing the uneven pull of the mainspring as it ran down. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A fusible plug is a threaded metal plug, usually of bronze, brass or gunmetal, with a tapered hole drilled completely through its length. This hole is sealed with a metal of low melting point, usually lead or tin. It is screwed into the crown sheet (the top plate) of a steam engine firebox, typically extending about an inch into the water space above. Its purpose is to act as a last-resort safety device in the event of the water level falling dangerously low: when the top of the plug is out of the water it overheats, the lead core melts away and the resulting noisy release of steam into the firebox serves to warn the operators of the danger before the top of the firebox itself runs completely...

ISBN: 978-6-1317-4598-0
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Le fusil a poudre noire est la premiere arme moderne utilisee pour remplacer les armes de jet (arc et arbalete) au premier quart du XIVe siecle par la creation de la couleuvrine a main, puis de l'arquebuse (fin XVe siecle) et du mousquet (du XVIe au XVIIIe siecle). Les premiers fusils etaient charges par la gueule, ou la poudre noire etait tout d'abord versee puis tassee. La balle etait ensuite introduite dans le canon, parfois precedee d'un calepin destine a ameliorer l'etancheite donc a reduire la deperdition de gaz et surtout a bien centrer le projectile dans le canon pour une meilleure precision. Des...

ISBN: 978-6-1342-5514-1
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Fusion power. Nuclear fusion, Atomic nucleus, Nuclear fission, Joint European Torus, Lawson criterion, Mass–energy equivalence, Coulomb barrier, Enriched uranium, Aneutronic fusion, Z-pinch, Z machine, Inertial electrostatic confinement, Radionuclide, Inertial confinement fusion, Magnetic confinement fusion, International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1300-4280-6
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Future Air Navigation System (FANS) is an avionics system which provides direct data link communication between the pilot and the air traffic controller. The communications include air traffic control clearances, pilot requests and position reporting. In the FANS-B equipped Airbus A320 family aircraft models, an air traffic services unit and a VHF data radio (VDR3) in the avionics rack and two data link control and display units (DCDUs) in the cockpit enable the flight crew to read and answer the controller–pilot data link communications (CPDLC) messages received from the ground.

ISBN: 978-5-5145-4687-9

Space exploration has captured the imagination and dreams of many scientists, engineers and visionaries. It has become a symbol of human ability to break the boundaries of sci- ence and technology; and now business boundaries.Commercialisation of space technology will bring benefits to society in the areas of, environmental protection (e.g. climate change), disease prevention (e.g. osteoporosis) and technological innovation. ISS commercialisation will allow private companies to develop and test their products. This research investigates the opportunities for the development, selection and implemen- tation of collaborations between space agencies and commercial partners to market ISS products and services and will describe and predict...

ISBN: 978-3-6391-0089-1
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To date the majority of the research related to the development and application of monitoring, diagnostic, and prognostic systems has been exclusive in the sense that only one of the three areas is the focus of the work. While previous research progresses each of the respective fields, the end result is a variable “grab bag” of techniques that address each problem independently. Also, the new field of prognostics is lacking in the sense that few methods have been proposed that produce estimates of the remaining useful life (RUL) of a device or can be realistically applied to real-world systems. This work addresses both problems by developing the nonparametric fuzzy inference system (NFIS) which is adapted for monitoring, diagnosis,...

ISBN: 978-3-6391-4732-2
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The FV101 Scorpion is a British armoured reconnaissance vehicle. It was the lead vehicle and the fire support type in the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked), CVR(T), family of seven armoured vehicles. Manufactured by Alvis it was introduced into service with the British Army in 1973 and served until 1994. More than 3,000 were produced and used as an reconnaissance vehicle or a light tank. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1326-2447-5
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The FV432 is the armoured personnel carrier variant of the British Army's FV430 series of armoured fighting vehicles. Since its introduction in the 1960s it has been the most common variant, being used for transporting infantry on the battlefield. In the 1980s, almost 2,500 vehicles were in use, with around 1,500 now remaining in operation - mostly in supporting arms rather than front-line infantry service.Although the FV432 Series was to have been phased out of service in favour of newer vehicles such as the Warrior and the CVR(T) series, they are now gradually being upgraded to extend their service through into the next decade. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается...

ISBN: 978-6-1306-0850-7
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