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2. Railway air brake - Wikipedia

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   A railway air brake is a railway brake power braking system with compressed air as the operating medium. [1] Modern trains rely upon a fail-safe air brake system that is based upon a design patented by George Westinghouse on April 13, 1869. [2] The Westinghouse Air Brake Company was subsequently organized to manufacture and sell Westinghouse's ...

3. Israel Bissell - Wikipedia

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   4. Israel Bissell, also spelled Bissel (1752 – October 24, 1823), was a patriot post rider who delivered mail between Boston, Massachusetts and New York . On April 19, 1775, British fired on colonists in Lexington and Concord, inciting the American Revolutionary War. Bissell was assigned to alert American colonists the news and rally them to ...

4. Air brake (road vehicle) - Wikipedia

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   Air brake (road vehicle) Truck air-actuated disc brake. An air brake or, more formally, a compressed-air-brake system, is a type of friction brake for vehicles in which compressed air pressing on a piston is used to both release the parking/emergency brakes in order to move the vehicle, and also to apply pressure to the brake pads or brake ...

5. Anti-lock braking system - Wikipedia

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   An anti-lock braking system ( ABS) is a safety anti- skid braking system used on aircraft and on land vehicles, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, and buses. [ 1] ABS operates by preventing the wheels from locking up during braking, thereby maintaining tractive contact with the road surface and allowing the driver to maintain more control over ...

6. Bissell - Wikipedia

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   Bissell Inc., also known as Bissell Homecare, is an American privately owned vacuum cleaner and floor care product manufacturing corporation headquartered in Walker, Michigan in Greater Grand Rapids. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The company is the number one manufacturer of floor care products in North America in terms of sales, with 20% marketshare.

7. 32 low-energy dog breeds for laid-back pet parents - AOL

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   Let’s hear it for sofa spuds and sun-bathers! (But don’t confuse them for low-maintenance, that’s another matter altogether). 32 low-energy dog breeds. 1. French bulldog. French bulldog ...

8. US to pause $95 million assistance to Georgian government ...

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   July 31, 2024 at 9:46 AM. (Reuters) -The United States is pausing more than $95 million in assistance to the Georgian government over a law on "foreign agents" that Washington considers anti ...

9. Hydraulic brake - Wikipedia

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   Hydraulic brake. A schematic illustrating the major components of a hydraulic disc brake system. A hydraulic brake is an arrangement of braking mechanism which uses brake fluid, typically containing glycol ethers or diethylene glycol, to transfer pressure from the controlling mechanism to the braking mechanism.