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  • ...He believed safer, more powerful naval cannon could be designed using more scientific design criteria. Dahlgren guns were designed with a smooth curved shape, eq ...ren XV-inch and XX-inch shell guns be cast using the Rodman hollow casting method. This use of Rodman hollow casting with a Dahlgren designed gun led to fric
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  • ...s the first aerial torpedo, which is able to use practically in ocean. The scientific approach consistent with experimental evidence was adopted to lead developm ...almost all other torpedoes in World War II. The general wet heater burning method drastically improved the combustion efficiency of torpedo engines. It burns
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  • ...neth Biros Execution: Ohio Man First to Die Under 1-Drug Thiopental Sodium Method | first = Edecio | last = Martinez | date = 8 December 2009 | work = [[CBS ...p/top/all/6803389.html | title = Ohio executes man in second use of 1-drug method | work = [[Houston Chronicle]] | first = Julie Carr | last = Smyth | agency
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  • ...cilitate routine analyses. The methylene blue sulfide test is a convenient method often used in soil microbiology to quickly detect in water the metabolic ac ...treatment of adenoviral vectors with visible light: an easy and convenient method for viral inactivation
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  • ...outh Africa, United Kingdom and the United States.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers|autho In addition to enteric coating, "Buffering" is the other main method companies have used to try to mitigate the problem of gastrointestinal blee
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  • ...ly for making [[liquid starter fertilizer]]s. KCl is used in [[medicine]], scientific applications, [[Food preservation|food processing]] and in judicial [[Execu This method is the main method for producing metallic potassium. [[Electrolysis]] (used for sodium) fails
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  • ...umbers, the usage of nitrous oxide rapidly became the preferred anesthetic method in dentistry. Because the gas is mild enough to keep a patient in a conscio ...ted scientist and inventor, who had been mentioned for the Nobel prize for scientific attainment, a former resident of Washington, died in Norfolk, Virginia, yes
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  • * For inhalation administration: This method uses heating diazepam to form a vapor later producing an aerosol. This allo ...les and Mental Illness | pages= 190–194 | location= New York | publisher=Scientific American Library | isbn= 0-7167-6033-9 }}</ref> Benzodiazepine drugs includ
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  • His views on the [[historical method]] of [[Biblical criticism|criticism]] can be illustrated in the following q ...author addresses the Christian believer who opposes [[Historical-critical method|higher criticism]] of the [[Old Testament]], considering that it will reduc
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  • ...r. [[James Millar (scientist)|James Millar]], a physician, who was good at scientific topics but criticized for being "slow & dilatory & not well qualified". The ...obertson Smith]] afterwards. An intellectual prodigy who mastered advanced scientific and mathematical topics, Smith was a professor of theology at the Free Chur
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  • ...etically as to contributors. One reviewer found this a rather inconvenient method, complaining that the finding of the author of a particular sketch often in <blockquote>The writer (or writers) of these articles must have had some scientific training, for most of the creations were scientists, and sufficient linguis
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  • ...are significantly affected by the observed microstructure. The fabrication method and process conditions are generally indicated by the microstructure. The r *[http://matse1.mse.uiuc.edu/ceramics/ceramics.html Introduction, Scientific Principles, Properties and Processing of Ceramics]
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  • ...l Academy of Arts in London) | title = Precious Stones considered in their scientific and artistic relations | publisher = His Majesty's Stationary Office, Wyman Gems which are transparent are normally faceted, a method which shows the optical properties of the stone’s interior to its best ad
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  • A method was developed to prepare a simple, flexible gelatin film-based artificial s Van Der Maarel, J.R.C., '''Introduction To Biopolymer Physics''' (World Scientific Publishing Co., 2007)
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  • ...t its research, practice, and presentation must meet the needs of both the scientific and the legal communities. As such, forensic chemistry research is applied ...The retention time, as compared to a known standard sample using the same method(same column length/polarity, same flow rate, same temperature program), can
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  • This is the method of operation used in [[dishwasher]]s that require the use of '[[dishwasher Water of highest purity is required for electronics, scientific experiments, production of superconductors, and nuclear industry, among oth
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  • ...io|year=1999|accessdate=26 March 2010}}</ref> Coordination polymers span scientific fields such as [[Organic chemistry|organic]] and [[inorganic chemistry]], [ ...g (slow diffusion), slow evaporation, and slow cooling. (Because the main method of characterization of coordination polymers is [[X-ray crystallography]],
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  • ...part from [[carbon monoxide]], this route being greener than the phosgene method.<ref name=Ullmann/> ...chive/98/09/003.html Medical Applications of Polycarbonate]</ref> However, scientific research indicates possible problems with [[biocompatibility]]. Dow Chemica
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  • ...n electroacoustic effect. It was predicted by Debye in 1933<ref>Debye.P."A method for the determination of the mass of electrolyte ions"J. Chem. Phys., 1,13- ...by Williams <ref>Williams.M. " An Electrokinetic Transducer" The review of scientific instruments, 19, 10, 640-646, 1948</ref>. A theoretical model was developed
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  • ...89-E7F2-99DF-3433709C76B127DF Heavy Metal Filter Made Largely from Air.] ''Scientific American'', 2007-07-26. Retrieved on 2007-08-05.</ref> Research is ongoing, ...o dangerous processing conditions. A safer, lower temperature and pressure method involves a solvent exchange. This is typically done by exchanging the ethan
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  • ...16–640&nbsp;kg/m<sup>3</sup>.<ref name=pse1/> The most common processing method is thermal cutting with hot wires.<ref>''[http://www.ceresana.com/en/insigh Working Group I: The Scientific Basis. Section 6.12.2 Direct GWPs.</ref>
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  • ..., a shorter life cycle and ergonomic disadvantages for the “walker” as scientific research has proven. The carpet is less elastic and doesn’t absorb the st ...ed into the in-line steamer. Those bobbins are steamed there with a vacuum method and dried again within seconds. After steaming and drying, the bobbins are
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  • ...urfaces, and in [[art]]. In the workplace, they are used in industrial and scientific processes such as filtering. Miscellaneous uses include [[flag]]s, [[backpa [[Weaving]] is a textile production method which involves interlacing a set of longer [[Yarn|threads]] (called the [[w
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  • '''Kerosene''', sometimes spelled '''kerosine''' in scientific and industrial usage,<ref>Webster's New World College Dictionary, ''kerosen ...ing [[clay]] as an [[absorption (chemistry)|absorbent]], whereas the other method involved using [[ammonium chloride]] (''sal ammoniac''). The distillation p
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  • ...ose insulation. These claims were not independently verified, faced little scientific review, and were misleading and untrue{{citation needed|date=December 2007} .... For example, recent studies have shown that air movement is the primary method by which excessive moisture can accumulate in mild marine climate such as P
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  • ...eedham, Volume 4, Part 1, 282.</ref> In Sri Lanka, this early steel-making method employed the unique use of a wind furnace, blown by the monsoon winds, that ...steel in [[Song Dynasty|Song China]] using two techniques: a "berganesque" method that produced inferior, inhomogeneous steel and a precursor to the modern [
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  • # A similar method is undertaken but with the base of the culm standing in fresh water, either # Water is pumped through the freshly cut culms forcing out the sap (this method is often used in conjunction with the injection of some form of treatment)
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  • ...he dye is used as a [[histological]] stain and in [[Gram staining|Gram’s method]] of classifying bacteria. Crystal violet has [[antibacterial]], [[antifung ...also used as a histological stain, particularly in [[Gram staining| Gram's method]] for classifying bacteria.
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  • The first synthesis method had long remained the only, despite numerous attempts of scientists, includ ...450–466}}</ref> Only in 1931, French chemist Theodore Lefort developed a method of direct oxidation of ethylene in the presence of [[silver]] [[catalyst]].
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  • ...with a key switch and a safety interlock. Most entertainment, industrial, scientific, military, and medical lasers are in this category. ...kin or eye within the Nominal Hazard Zone. Most entertainment, industrial, scientific, military, and medical lasers are in this category.
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  • ...itle=Risk of adenocarcinoma of the stomach and esophagus with meat cooking method and doneness preference |journal=Int. J. Cancer |volume=71 |issue=1 |pages= ..., Gohel MD |title=Anticancer effects of ''Ganoderma lucidum'': a review of scientific evidence |journal=Nutr Cancer |volume=53 |issue=1 |pages=11–7 |year=2005
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  • ...estos Claims Issues and Trends, August 2007 pp 7 - 8</ref> The amounts and method of allocating compensation have been the source of many court cases, and go ...a broke off consultations, it was in the process of submitting substantial scientific data in favour of the asbestos ban.<ref name="wto"/>
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  • ...ic study of [[dance]] and dancers, as well as the practical application of scientific principles to dance. Its aims are the enhancement of [[performance]], the r ...practices of [[Pilates]], [[yoga]], [[Alexander technique]], [[Feldenkrais method]], etc.
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  • ...interim guidelines for working with nanomaterials consistent with the best scientific knowledge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/nanotech/safe ...luids. Furthermore, magnetic nanoparticles offer an effective and reliable method to remove heavy metal contaminants from waste water. Using nanoscale partic
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  • The profession of '''Occupational Hygiene''' uses strict and rigorous scientific methodology and often requires professional experience in determining the p ...used and the error or variance given by using that particular equipment or method.
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  • {{quote|Ergonomics (or human factors) is the scientific discipline concerned with the understanding of interactions among humans an ...[Scientific Management]]" method, which proposed a way to find the optimum method for carrying out a given task. Taylor found that he could, for example, tri
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  • ...nsile strength above 1300 MPa (200 ksi) should be coated by an alternative method (such as special low-embrittlement cadmium electroplating processes or phys ...till a substantial controversy about the carcinogenicity of cadmium in the scientific community. More recent studies suggest that arsenic rather than cadmium may
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  • This chemical method yielded for them only small grains of beryllium from which no ingot of meta ...xperiments on synchrotrons are manufactured exclusively from beryllium. In scientific setups for various X-ray emission studies (e.g., [[energy-dispersive X-ray
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  • ....'''15'''(12, 01 Oct) p 66</ref> At its very core BBS is based on a larger scientific field called [[Organizational Behavior]] Analysis.<ref name="Matthews" ...mon knowledge]]. To be successful, the BBS program used must be based on [[scientific knowledge]].
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  • ...= 2003 | place = San Francisco, California}}</ref> Previously, prevailing scientific theory held that most particles in the stratosphere came from [[volcano]]es ...ing fire for ground clearing, hunting, and regeneration of plant food in a method later named [[fire-stick farming]].<ref>''Fire. The Australian Experience''
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  • ...eek author [[Diodorus Siculus]]. He mentions that [[fire-setting]] was one method used to break down the hard rock holding the gold. One of the complexes is ...mining can be classified by the type of access shafts used, the extraction method or the technique used to reach the mineral deposit. [[Drift mining]] utiliz
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  • ...ngency firelines, backburning and wetting unburnt fuels are examples. This method may allow for more effective planning. It may allow for more ideally placed Unfortunately, any method can fail in the face of erratic or high-intensity winds and changing weathe
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  • ...ww.bmj.com/cgi/reprint/291/6492/383 10.1136/bmj.291.6492.383 G Frenzel – Scientific American, 1985 – archaeometry.dk http://www.archaeometry.dk/Glas/The%20Re ...able kits. Analysis of lead in whole blood is the most common and accurate method of assessing lead exposure in human. Erythrocyte protoporphyrin (EP) tests
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  • ...i= |url=}}</ref> however, search results from PubMed also reveal that most scientific articles written about PHRs have been published since 2000. ...istories created by the individual may be parts of a paper-based PHR. This method is low cost, reliable, and accessible without the need for a computer or an
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  • .../ Official BIPM definitions]</ref><!--English units are still used in some scientific applications, but note also that parsecs in astronomy, calories and mmHg in ...om the definition of the quantity [[electrical resistance]]. However, "any method consistent with the laws of physics could be used to realise any SI unit."<
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  • ...gas constant]]<ref>E.M.Gutman, "Mechanochemistry of Solid Surfaces", World Scientific Publishing Co., 1994.</ref>. ...en, Nobel lecture]</ref> The solubility of such salts is calculated by the method outlined in [[#Dissolution with reaction|dissolution with reaction]].
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  • ...imetry]] or by using the [[van 't Hoff equation]], though the calorimetric method is preferable. When both the standard enthalpy change and acid dissociation ...re found by fitting calculated pH values to the observed values, using the method of [[least squares]].<ref>
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  • This is a list of '''scientific phenomena and concepts named after people''' (eponymous phenomena). For oth * [[Bergmann-Zervas carbobenzoxy method]] — [[Max Bergmann]] and [[Leonidas Zervas]]
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  • This is a list of '''scientific equations named after people''' (eponymous equations). ...>{{cite journal|last=Sawada|first=K.|coauthors=T. Kotera|date=1974|title=A method for finding N-soliton solutions of the KdV equation and KdV-like equation|j
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  • ...feeding into the blood system, yes, but easily distinguished apart by any scientific observer. ...d from cells such as macrophages that eat other cells or munch debris by a method called [[phagocytosis]]. Killers do not use phagocytosis, they just kill an
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  • ...g magnets over the open veins of patients.<ref>CHAPLIN, Joyce E. The first scientific American; Benjamin Franklin and the pursuit of genius. Perseus, Basic Books ...ion of Fracture Repair by Electromagnetic Fields. A Surgically Noninvasive Method. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1974;238:242-62.</ref><ref>Bassett CA, Pawluk RJ, Pilla A
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  • New scientific evidence is showing that THC can prevent [[Alzheimer's Disease]] in an [[an ...claims of brain damage from cannabis use fail to hold up to the scientific method.<ref>{{cite web
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  • The ''Cannabis'' genus was first [[Scientific classification|classified]] using the "modern" system of taxonomic [[Binomi The scientific debate regarding taxonomy has had little effect on the terminology in wides
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  • ...cal linkage between hashish and violent crime have been published in known scientific literature; instead it has been found to generally inhibit aggressive impul ...h made in this way is sometimes called 'ice hash', or 'bubble hash'. This method produces valuable product from leaf matter that would otherwise be discarde
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  • ...9}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Understanding marijuana: a new look at the scientific evidence|author=Mitchell Earlywine|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2 A [[research|scientific study]] published in 2000 in the Journal of Forensic Sciences (JFS) found t
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  • ...cell (biology)|biological cell]]s. The study of ion channels involves many scientific techniques such as [[voltage clamp]] [[electrophysiology]] (in particular [ ...This family, containing at least 28 members, is incredibly diverse in its method of activation. Some TRP channels seem to be constitutively open, while othe
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  • ...ct" on respiratory depression is reached (~3±1 milligrammes, depending on method of analysis).{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}} ...ant it on record may also obtain it on the street to use as a less-painful method of quitting than "cold-turkey". Some report needing as little as one 8&nbsp
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  • ...e of consciousness]] can occur. The duration of experience varies with the method of ingestion and the amount of salvinorin A absorbed. Chewing and swallowing a large number of fresh leaves is the other Mazatec method.<ref name=SiebertSdUG/><ref name=HarrisonShepherdess>[[#refHarrisonShepherd
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  • ...ton was able to generate flashes as brief as one [[microsecond]] with this method.<ref name="burke" /><ref>{{cite web ...[[formation of the solar system]]. The [[Iodine-xenon dating|iodine-xenon method]] of [[Radiometric dating|dating]] gives the time elapsed between [[nucleos
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  • ...r the discovery of general anesthesia, it is generally agreed that certain scientific discoveries in the late 18th and early 19th centuries were critical to the ...se and other [[gas]]es stimulated a great deal of interest in the European scientific community. [[Thomas Beddoes]] (1760–1808) was an English [[philosophy|phi
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  • ...tor of that facility. Officially, he was Deputy Director of the [[Progress Scientific and Production Association]], a manufacturer of [[fertilizer]] and [[pestic ...my emigration, I resigned from the Soviet Army, left my administrative and scientific positions in Moscow, refused to accept a Russian citizenship, informed Russ
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  • ...Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]] is reviewing the FBI's scientific work on the case.<ref name="NYTimes">{{cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.co ...thogens, and was named as a co-author in more than 40 studies published in scientific journals since the late 1960s. |work=[[Associated Press]] |date=August 4, 2
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  • ...ion camp to bring down his captors, before he was subjected to torture and scientific experiments.<ref name="x"/> Begg was to do three days of sound with the co We use the same method for Moazzam Begg in those categories.
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  • ...m contaminated specimens and bicarbonate agar is used as an identification method to induce capsule formation. Using the catalyst method, a complete destruction of all anthrax spores can be achieved in under 30 m
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  • ...ods, medical recommendations such as [[Thomas Morgan Rotch]]'s "percentage method" (published in 1890) began to be distributed, and gained widespread popular ...although many received some formula feeding as well. Home-made "percentage method" formulas were more commonly used than commercial formulas in both Europe a
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  • ...y Association, [[doi:10.1017/S0022050704002955]]</ref> Initially after the scientific discovery of [[bacteria]], no product testing was available to determine if ...ne phosphatase activity so as to meet the tolerances specified in official method MFO-3, Determination of Phosphatase Activity in Dairy Products, dated Novem
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  • ...ce of a three-electrode vacuum tube upon the load in the plate circuit," ''Scientific Papers of the Bureau of Standards'', ...lso the output stage, then this RC can have a [[open-circuit time constant method|significant impact]] on the performance of the amplifier. This is when [[p
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  • ...pedance of a test component terminating the slotted line. This is a useful method because measuring impedances by directly measuring voltages and currents is *S. T. Pai, Qi Zhang, ''Introduction to high power pulse technology'', World Scientific, 1995 ISBN 9810217145.
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  • ...8 June}} 1963, issued {{Nowrap|20 May}} 1969.</ref><ref>Alfhart Günther, "Method for aligning mechanical filters", col.2, {{US patent|3798077}}, filed {{Now ...s were the first (1960s) to develop practical filters of this kind and the method became a particular feature of mechanical filters.<ref>Levy and Cohn, pp.10
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  • ...icoammeters use [[Logarithmic scale|log compression]] and a "current sink" method that eliminates range switching and associated [[voltage spike]]s.<ref>{{ci ...lications requiring current to be measured with both polarities, common in scientific and industrial equipment. Zero-center ammeters are also commonly placed in
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  • ...prings rather like those in a wristwatch [[balance wheel]]. He developed a method of stabilizing the magnetic field of the permanent magnet, so that the inst [[Category:Historical scientific instruments]]
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  • ...ATE to reduce a failure to a cluster or ambiguity group of components. One method to help reduce these ambiguity groups is the addition of [[analog signature ...a specification for serial communication that is popular in analytical and scientific instruments, as well for controlling peripherals such as printers. Unlike G
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  • ...ime Domain reflectometry over other testing methods is the non-destructive method of these tests. ...a et al. (2002), Topp and Ferre (2002) and Robinson et al. (2003). The TDR method is a transmission line technique, and determines an apparent TDR permittivi
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  • ...conductance response''' (SCR) or '''skin conductance level''' (SCL), is a method of measuring the [[electrical conductance]] of the [[human skin|skin]], whi The scientific study of GSR began in the early 1900s. One of the first references to the u
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  • ...nalog CROs are still used by hobbyists. It replaces the unreliable storage method used in analog storage scopes with digital [[computer memory|memory]], whic ...frequently used in movies and [[television program]]s to represent generic scientific and technical equipment. The 1963–65 U.S. TV show ''[[The Outer Limits (1
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  • ...resonance, developed in the 1930s by [[Isidor Rabi]], became the practical method for doing this.<ref name=Lombardi> The development of atomic clocks has led to many scientific and technological advances such as a worldwide system of precise position m
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