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A kerosene bottle, containing blue-dyed kerosene. Kerosene, or paraffin, is a combustible hydrocarbon liquid which is derived from petroleum. It is widely used as a fuel in aviation as well as households. Its name derives from Greek: κηρός ( kērós) meaning "wax", and was registered as a trademark by Nova Scotia geologist and inventor ...
- Kerosene (Disambiguation)
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- Kerosene Jet Fuel
Jet fuel or aviation turbine fuel (ATF, also abbreviated...
- Rp-1
About two litres of RP-1. RP-1 (alternatively, Rocket...
- Liquid Paraffin
Liquid paraffin, also known as paraffinum liquidum, paraffin...
- Aviation Fuel
An aviation fuel truck At some airports, underground fuel...
- Kerosene (Disambiguation)
The International Prototype of the Kilogram (referred to by metrologists as the IPK or Le Grand K; sometimes called the ur -kilogram, [1] [2] or urkilogram, [3] particularly by German-language authors writing in English [3] [4]: 30 [5] : 64 ) is an object whose mass was used to define the kilogram from 1889, when it replaced the Kilogramme des ...
the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. After the Deluge is an oil painting by English artist George Frederic Watts. Completed in 1891, it shows a scene from the story of Noah's Flood, in which Noah opens the window of his Ark to see that after 40 days the rain has stopped. The Symbolist painting is a stylised seascape, dominated by a ...
The lead-acid battery is a type of rechargeable battery first invented in 1859 by French physicist Gaston Planté. It is the first type of rechargeable battery ever created. Compared to modern rechargeable batteries, lead-acid batteries have relatively low energy density. Despite this, they are able to supply high surge currents.
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«Il chilogrammo è quella massa che subisce una accelerazione di 2 × 10 −8 m/s² se soggetta alla forza che si sviluppa tra due conduttori retti, paralleli, di lunghezza infinita e sezione circolare trascurabile, posti nel vuoto alla distanza di un metro, attraverso cui scorre una corrente elettrica costante di 6,24150962915265 × 10 18 cariche elementari (ovvero 1 coulomb) al secondo.»
The Gramme is equal to 15.434 grains Troy, / […] / A chilogramme is 1000 grammes, = 15434.0000 / A myriagramme is 10000 grammes, = 154340.0000 / All the preceding French weights and measures are deduced from some decimal proportion of the metre.
