The Grain of Dust is a 1928 silent drama film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Ricardo Cortez and Claire Windsor. It was produced by John M...
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10−4 kg (0.1 g). The density of the dust cloud through which the Earth is traveling is approximately 10−6 dust grains/m3. Cosmic dust contains some complex...
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A grain elevator is a facility designed to stockpile or store grain. In the grain trade, the term "grain elevator" also describes a tower containing a...
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the explosion is known as a fuel-air explosion. Dust explosions are a frequent hazard in coal mines, grain elevators and silos, and other industrial environments...
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The Grain of Dust is a lost 1918 American silent romance drama film directed by Harry Revier based on a novel by David Graham Phillips. The film starred...
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grain crop is a grain-producing plant. The two main types of commercial grain crops are cereals and legumes. After being harvested, dry grains are more durable...
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Poynting–Robertson effect (category Cosmic dust)
a dust grain orbiting a star to lose angular momentum relative to its orbit around the star. This is related to radiation pressure tangential to the grain's...
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processes as collisions of quartz grains in dust storms) and very cold climates (through such processes as glacial grinding of quartz grains.) Loess is soil rich...
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Grain entrapment, or grain engulfment, occurs when a person becomes submerged in grain and cannot get out without assistance. It most frequently occurs...
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made of ammonia or methane ice, much like water ice in cirrus on Earth. Some interstellar clouds, made of grains of dust smaller than a thousandth of a millimeter...
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such as dust from grains, cadmium dust or fumes, and genetics, such as alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. In developing countries, common sources of household...
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Occupational dust exposure occurs when small particles are generated at the workplace through the disturbance/agitation of rock/mineral, dry grain, timber...
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number of occupational hazards of grain facilities. These hazards can be mitigated through diligence and following proper safety procedures. Grain facility...
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distinct products Soil gradation – Classification of grainy soils based on the sizes of their grains Water filter – Device that removes impurities in water...
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speeds above that which causes the smallest to suspend, there will be a population of dust grains moving by a range of mechanisms: suspension, saltation...
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sandblasting of sand-sized grains, and it is transported through the troposphere. This airborne dust is considered an aerosol and once in the atmosphere...
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Ricardo Cortez (category American people of Austrian-Jewish descent)
of the Sea (1928) as Carlos De Neve The Grain of Dust (1928) as Fred Norman Excess Baggage (1928) as Val D'Errico The Gun Runner (1928) as Julio The Younger...
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Martian regolith (redirect from Mars dust settling)
of fine-grained mineral or organic material exceeding centimeter scale thickness, with or without coarse elements and cemented portions. Martian dust...
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a grain of dust, although microscopic dimensions have yet to be realized. Sensor node cost is similarly variable, ranging from a few to hundreds of dollars...
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The SUrface Dust Analyser (SUDA) is a time-of-flight mass spectrometer of reflectron-type that employs impact ionization and is optimised for a high mass...
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Aeolian processes (redirect from Eolian dust)
source of dust in the size range of 2-5 microns. Most of this is produced by the removal of a weathered clay coating from the grains. Wind dominates the transport...
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Smartdust (redirect from Smart dust)
1998. The project led to a working mote smaller than a grain of rice, and larger "COTS Dust" devices kicked off the TinyOS effort at Berkeley. The concept...
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Fan (machine) (category Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets via Module:Annotated link)
fume extraction, winnowing (e.g., separating chaff from cereal grains), removing dust (e.g. sucking as in a vacuum cleaner), drying (usually in combination...
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any—of Wood's artistic ambition. The Imp Abroad (1914) The Weakness of Strength (1916) Lust of the Ages (1917) The Grain of Dust (1918) A Romance of the Air...
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Radiation pressure (section Clouds of dust and gases)
properties of bodies.[citation needed] The Poynting–Robertson effect applies to grain-size particles. From the perspective of a grain of dust circling the Sun...
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David Graham Phillips (category Progressive Era in the United States)
The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig (1909) The Hungry Heart (1909) The Husband's Story (1910) White Magic (1910) The Grain of Dust (1911) The Conflict...
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The interplanetary dust cloud, or zodiacal cloud (as the source of the zodiacal light), consists of cosmic dust (small particles floating in outer space)...
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Silo (redirect from Grain tower)
(sirós) 'pit for holding grain') is a structure for storing bulk materials. Silos are commonly used for bulk storage of grain, coal, cement, carbon black...
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Threshing machine (category History of agriculture)
thresher is a piece of farm equipment that separates grain seed from the stalks and husks. It does so by beating the plant to make the seeds fall out. Before...
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or loss of grain vigour. The aim of barley cleaning is to remove foreign matter (straw, chaff, dust and thin corns) found in the incoming grain, leaving...
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