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A Brief History of the World’s First Planetarium

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It was such a novel concept that when von Miller approached the Carl Zeiss company in Jena, Germany, to manufacture such a projector, they initially rebuffed him. The Zeiss Model I displayed 4,500 stars, the band of the Milky Way, the sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. My hometown of Richmond, Va.,

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Top Tips for charging your electric car in summer

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Summer is just around the corner, and as the mercury rises, electric vehicle owners need to adapt their charging habits to ensure optimal performance and longevity of their beloved EVs. A similar concept applies to your EV.

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Ford Announces 2.0L EcoBoost Engine; First Production EcoBoost with TI-VCT

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EcoBoost engine at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January, Ford had also shown a Lincoln C (C-size) concept car powered by a 1.6-liter, engine in the concept featured twin independent variable camshaft timing (TI-VCT)—a powertrain system also being used in the production 2.0L 2010 Ford Transit Connect.

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200 Years Ago, Faraday Invented the Electric Motor

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He took a deep glass vessel, secured a magnet upright in it with some wax, and then filled the vessel with mercury until the magnetic pole was just above the surface. He floated a stiff wire in the mercury and connected the apparatus to a battery. The next day, he got it right.

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Ford Augments MyFord Touch System to Coach Drivers on Fuel Economy Performance

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The MyFord Touch driver connect technology, introduced at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, replaces many of the traditional vehicle buttons, knobs and gauges. The MyFord Touch fuel economy functionality is the latest effort from Ford to help drivers optimize their fuel economy.

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Generating Power on Earth From the Coldness of Deep Space

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In the case of the flow of heat from Earth to deep space, we’ve got a couple of promising concepts developed, although we’re still trying to figure out the best mechanism. By connecting a TEG between a hot reservoir and a cold one, the heat differential is captured as electricity. Connect a load and electrons flow from the p -side.

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Ford announces second member of EcoBoost family

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EcoBoost engine made its debut at the Detroit Motor Show in January, it was shown with a Lincoln C concept car powered by a 1.6litre, four cylinder EcoBoost engine mated to a powershift transmission. 2010 Ford Transit Connect. 2010 Mercury Milan and Milan Hybrid. When the 3.5l 2010 Ford Fusion and Fusion Hybrid.

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