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Rare Rides Icons: The Lincoln Mark Series Cars, Feeling Continental (Part XLIX)

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This revised version was used on all 1998 cars and was shared by the likes of the Town Car, F-150, and Mercury Cougar. The article above also stated Lincoln would use the Mark name on a new luxury car shortly thereafter, as well as a new Ford Thunderbird. Formerly an optional extra, traction control was now standard across the line.&

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Junkyard Find: 1948 Dodge Custom Sedan

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Colorado Auto & Parts recently cleared out a remote storage yard, placing better than 100 vintage cars and trucks from the 1940s through the 1970s in the regular U-Pull-It inventory. That includes nearly two dozen 1964-1973 Ford Mustangs and Mercury Cougars , plus some fascinating European machinery.

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200 Years Ago, Faraday Invented the Electric Motor

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Born in 1791, he received only a barebones education at church school in his village of Newington, Surrey (now part of South London). But when Phillips asked Faraday to write the review article for the. For a good summary of Faraday's article, see Aaron D. Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field.

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Dell’s Bold Idea: A Laptop You Can Actually Repair

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Consumer electronics can cause deadly pollution by degrading into hazardous materials (including lead, mercury, and arsenic) when left in landfills. Apple, too, is preparing a Self Service Repair program that will sell parts for iPhones, iPads, and Macs directly to consumers.

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How Three-Season Tires Perform in Diverse Weather Conditions

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However, that same tread which presents well in balmy climes can lose the plot when the mercury dips below 7C/45F, sacrificing performance in measures of braking distance and cornering grip.

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Taking the Measure of the Earthquake That Destroyed Tokyo

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Palmieri’s seismograph consisted of U-shaped tubes filled with mercury. When the ground shook, the mercury would close an electrical circuit and stop an attached clock. Part of a continuing series looking at historical artifacts that embrace the boundless potential of technology.

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E-Waste is a Cybersecurity Problem, Too

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Eventually the linings [of devices] break, and when they're rained upon, the very toxic materials [they contain] — mercury, lead, arsenic, beryllium, cadmium — come out. Five years of banging the drum, and thanks to this article, we were finally off to the races…comparatively. We all have to be part of the solution.

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