Remembering the Nucleon, Ford’s 1958 nuclear-powered concept car that never was
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I wonder if hospitals are seeing more patients suffering from arc blindness and severe skin burns from people using UV-C lamps to kill Coronavirus at home like this rechargeable one AliExpress.
While UV-C bulbs (florescent lamps without phosphor) are very effective at killing bacteria and viruses and are widely used in hospitals HVAC and sanitizers, exposure to the light causes human skin to burn within seconds and causes painful arc flash and temporary blindness if you look into them like looking into a welder flash.
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Transit Has Been Battered by Coronavirus. Whatβs Ahead May Be Worse. – The New York Times
The Schrader & Engo-Flator spark plug air pumps.
Here is the easy way to inflate tyres with the new improved Schrader Spark Plug Air Pump which eliminates all the physical effort of hand or foot pumping. The pump body is fitted to the engine in place of a spark plug and the thumb lever connection at the other end is attached to the tyre valve. When the engine is running slowly it pumps cool, clean air at the compression figure of the cylinder used. The Spark Plug Air Pump has many uses in providing compressed air facilities away from garage and service station and is invaluable to motorists, caravanners, farmers, truck operators, fire stations etc. Apart from tyres it can be used for inflating air mattresses and pneumatic boats, maintaining pressure in pressure water cisterns and tanks from which paint or garden spray guns are operated. Two models are available - standard type and the gauge type.
April 1, 1970 β AMC introduces the Gremlin β This Day in Automotive History
After Ford and General Motors announced they were both on the verge of launching new subcompact cars for 1971, the suits at AMC had to speed up development of their competitor. Though faced with time limitations and financial windfalls, they came up with an answer. AMC engineers took the existing AMC Hornet and shortened its wheelbase from 108 to 96 inches (2,743 to 2,438 mm) and cut its overall length from 179 to 161 inches (4,547 to 4,089 mm), then added an almost vertical hatchback. Their efforts gave birth to the AMC Gremlin, introduced to the general public on this day in 1970.
Fifty years ago today, the AMC Gremlin was announced to the world. Both Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush drove Gremlins.