BBC - h2g2 - The History of the Digital Watch (#)

„Seven electronic switches went into making each of the numerals on the display. The original red light was generated by using aluminium gallium arsenide (AlGaAs), however Pulsar later produced a green LED using gallium nitride (GaN).Many in the industry began to believe that the new quartz analogue watches would even be doomed to extinction so soon after their arrival that it wasn't worth buying into the trend, something which was reflected in the writings of Douglas Adams and other contemporary writers at the end of the 1970s and start of the 1980s .Before the watch companies could 'do away with' the analogue watch though, they first had to bring down the price of the digital successor. Competition in the digital field increased and by 1975 there were over 80 varieties available. This competition helped to bring prices down but the product was still out of the range of the average consumer.“

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Amazon.com: Books: Liars, Lovers, and Heroes: What the New Brain Science Reveals About How We Become Who We Are (#)

„Why do humans fall in love, create art, make war? Quartz, director of the Social Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory at Cal Tech, and Sejnowski, director of the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory at the Salk Institute, argue that these and other capabilities are the result of biology and culture working together. Challenging the view that human brains are hardwired for certain behaviors, they believe instead that "[y]our experience with the world literally helps build your brain." In this wide-ranging and relatively nontechnical overview, the authors show how the human brain evolved to maximize flexibility, enabling us to thrive in a wide variety of circumstances. They discuss intelligence and learning, emotions, motivation, violence, and the importance of social bonds, linking cutting-edge neuroscience with social history and popular culture.“

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Amazon.com: Books: City of Quartz : Excavating the Future in Los Angeles (#)

„Alas, the book drops one star for what I judge to be its unevenness--the first two chapters are brilliant, the concluding chapter on Fontana is very fine, the remainder simply less so but still worthy. (Another, minor, beef--the excellent photographs, and there are many, are not given very respectful reproduction.) That said, City of Quartz is an indispensible tour of some of the darker corners of LA's famous story and an informative guide for those who have long looked for help in articulating precisely "why I really, really don't like Los Angeles."“

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A collaborative program coordinated by the World Bank to support the integration of (#)

„There are many materials that can be used to make solar cells, but the most common is the element silicon. Silicon is the second most common element in the Earth’s crust, next to oxygen, and silicon and oxygen together make quartz or common sand. Silicon is therefore very abundant, as well as non-toxic and safe. This is the same silicon that is used to make computer chips, and some of the processing steps involved in making solar cells are similar to the steps in making computer devices.“

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Amazon.com : (#)

„Leather bands should be wiped with a soft cloth, but metal bands can be cleaned with soapy water and a soft brush. Watches should not be left in extreme temperatures, as this could damage the watch or shorten the lifespan of its battery. If your watch is an analog quartz watch, do not expose it to magnetism--it may temporarily stop working or show a time loss or gain. To sustain water resistance, have your watch checked regularly and maintained according to manufacturer instructions.“

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Braun - Urinary Bladder Temperature Measurement during Abdominal Surgery (#)

„Temperatures were recorded with a Hi-Lo Temp Esophageal-Stethoscope (Mallinckrodt Medical) and a Foley Catheter Temperature Sensor FC400-18 (Respiratory Support Products, Mallinckrodt Medical). Each probe and its recording unit were calibrated over a range of 30-40 °C [86-104 °F] against a reference quartz thermometer (Hewlett Packard Model 2801 A) in a water bath before the investigation. Urine flow rate was measured using a urometer. Temperatures and urine flow rate were recorded every 30 min.“

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Amazon.com: Books: Learning Cocoa with Objective-C, 2nd Edition (#)

„So, in deciding which environment to work in to upgrade my old scientific apps, I felt stuck between two impossible choices. I wanted the power of quartz and the familiarity of C in a format I could learn. This book provides the indispensible introduction to object orientation that is a prerequisite for Cocoa and ultimately Apple's latest and greatest stuff under the hood. From there, the developer documentation and Garfinkel's or Hillegrass' books can take you the rest of the way.“

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BBC Liverpool - Nature - The Sands of Time (#)

„The underlying rocks across the whole region from the Pennines to Snowdonia were affected by the tectonic movements associated with the final opening of the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and North America about 60 million years ago. Many of the smaller faults caused by these stresses and strains show up on the path as thin parallel veins of a harder white material, quartz, which is more resistant to erosion than the sandstone.“

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Tea & Coffee 05/03 - Getting the Skinny on Sample Roasters: Part I (#)

„That’s pretty rough talk to some of the larger machine manufacturers, who refer to each other’s machines as toys, much less a sub $200 “corn popper.” Nevertheless, just as Sivetz coffee roasters are serious machines, so is each of the machines reviewed here. I still think we’re something short of a quartz watch-style quantum leap forward. But, for further development, there has to first be a market. I believe there’s a market and there are now some serious contenders.“

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Graveyard Rockwalk - Part Two (#)

„It really does look like one of those terrible stodgy puddings with raisins they used to serve for school dinners. The pebbles are made from jasper and flint - both types of quartz - and the matrix is quartz too. So the pebbles and matrix are of equal hardness. This means that when the rock splits (which it does in the local fields by frost action), a smooth face is exposed cutting right through the pebbles.“

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Rock Art - Essential Guide to Rocks - BBC Education (#)

„Crystal balls are now as popular as polished eggs. I looked into Philip's wife Nadine's favourite crystal ball and I saw quartz with cleavage planes - all crystals have planes along which they tend to split, and the planes of Nadine's ball added texture and interest and reflected the light and colours of the room. I also saw some inclusions of iron minerals. I couldn't see into the future - but I could see the past.“

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BBC Jersey - Nature - Times, Tides and Towers (#)

„Cracks in these rocks allowed others, such as the much finer grained aplite and pegamtite to intrude, an effect much in evidence at La Rocque. Much of the granite in the La Rocque area is of the coarse veriety contaning crystals of quartz which gives it a sparking appearance. The larger the mineral crystals in the rocks, the slower they cooled beneath the earth's surface.“

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Nesco/American Harvest (#)

„The JS-4000T features a new, stylish design with a direct-drive DC motor. It has an easy-to-use red LED display featuring a 3-hour digital quartz timer and nine temperature control settings. Beats ovens, microwaves and convection ovens! Cooks superior quality food up to 3 times faster than conventional ovens, up to 2 times faster than convection ovens.“

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Rancilio S.p.A. - Macchine per caffe' (#)

„Tostacrock is made of stainless steel with quartz lamp heating and is particularly fit to heat sandwiches and pizzas. A set of useful accessories such as tongs and steak grills allows a more targeted use of Tostacrock, which is also equipped with a removable crumb drawer to assure a perfect cleaning.“

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CoffeeGeek - Members: General Off Topics, The "personal touch" of a member's photo (#)

„I've thrown 4,000 watts of light at crema. I've thrown 400 watts (quartz) at it. I've thrown halogen, florescent, daylight, cloudy, you name it, and colour balanced before and after for it. I've used tungsten film, daylight balanced, filters, and white balance settings to the ying yang.“

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Espresso! My Espresso! An Ongoing Internet Novel - CHAPTER 38 (#)

„3) When you are ready to hit the brew switch add the following procedure for which you will need a clock with a sweep second hand. I have taken an inexpensive quartz kitchen clock and removed the hour and minute hands leaving only the sweep second hand for timing purposes:“

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CoffeeGeek - Members: Buy, Sell and Trade, Hearthware precision Parts (#)

„More recently The glass developed a crack which grew to the point where the machine was unusable.  I was able to secure a quartz cylinder of very nearly the same size.  I am in the process of carving the bakelite peices to get it to fit.“

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Amazon.com: Books: Mac OS X Developer's Guide (#)

„Teach me about the Event Manager and Quickdraw vs. Quartz. Did you know that this book makes NO mention of Quartz and only has one page number listed for "Darwin" (pg 141).“

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Amazon.com: Jewelry: Seiko Women's Le Grand Sport Watch #SWB028 (#)

„It fastens securely with a folding push-button clasp. This watch features Japan quartz movement and is water resistant to 30 meters.“

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Braun - Models (#)

„ Radio controlled quartz clocks “

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