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Advanced CSS Techniques

Parents versus ancestors You’ll hear the terms parent-child and ancestor-descendant. Not all ancestors are parents, although all parents are ancestors. Get it? Probably not. I didn’t get it at first. Few people do. These relationships don’t mean exactly the same thing. A parent-child relationship is the closest possible: The parent …

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Compare Different Vehicle Battery Technologies

Compare Different Vehicle Battery Technologies

Requirements of the vehicle battery The vehicle battery is used as a source of energy in the vehicle when the engine, and hence the alternator, is not running. The battery has a number of requirements, which are listed below broadly in order of importance. To provide power storage and be …

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Automobile Lighting fundamentals

Automobile Lighting fundamentals

Bulbs Joseph Swan in the UK demonstrated the first light bulb in 1878. Much incremental development has taken place since that time. The number, shape and size of bulbs used on vehicles is increasing all the time. Most bulbs for vehicle lighting are generally either conventional tungsten filament bulbs or …

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Engine management | Combined ignition and fuel management

Engine management | Combined ignition and fuel management

Variable inlet tract For an engine to operate at its best, volumetric efficiency is not possible with fixed manifolds. This is because the length of the inlet tract determines the velocity of the intake air and, in particular, the propagation of the pressure waves set up by the pumping action …

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Electronic Fuel Injection Systems for Heavy-Duty Engines

Electronic Fuel Injection Systems for Heavy-Duty Engines

Spark ignition engine combustion process A simplified description of the combustion process within the cylinder of a spark ignition engine is as follows. A single high intensity spark of high temperature passes between the electrodes of the spark plug leaving behind it a thin thread of flame. From this thin …

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Contents of a Contract

Contents of a Contract

The distinction between terms and mere representations Is a statement part of the contract? Statements made during negotiations leading to a contract may be either: Terms: that is, statements which form the express terms of the contract. As such they constitute promises as to the present truth of the statement, …

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Doctrine of Privity of Contract & Consideration

Doctrine of Privity of Contract & Consideration

Matters relevant to the doctrine of privity One part of the traditional approach, that is, that relating to conferring benefits, has recently been significantly changed by legislation, which is discussed below. In addition, there are a number of situations which fall outside the scope of the doctrine. Matters outside the …

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