Volumetric instruments

Dripstick

A dripstick is a thin hollow tube installed vertically in the bottoms of fuel tanks of many large aircraft, used to check fuel levels. To read a dripstick, it is withdrawn from the lower surface of the wing. When the top of the dripstick is withdrawn below the level of the fuel, fuel enters it and drips through a hole in the cap. Graduations on it indicate the level of fuel in the tank. Newer aircraft use a floatstick. (Wikipedia).

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Vane Pump

http://www.mekanizmalar.com A rotary vane pump is a positive-displacement pump that consists of vanes mounted to a rotor that rotates inside of a cavity.

From playlist Pumps

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Glowstick Robot Costume

If I could only glow from my whole body... heh, now I can. Glowstick Glowman Costume. www.NothingButCostumes.com

From playlist Amazing Stuff

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HUGE 2 Liter Glow stick!!!

A full two liters of glow fluid, about as much as you would find in 100 medium sized glow sticks. Imagine going to a rave and glowsticking with a couple of these! Not the world's biggest single glow stick, but still awesome. We made this using all the same chemicals in our previous glo

From playlist Glow Science

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balanced vane pump

http://www.mekanizmalar.com/menu-pump.html How a balanced vane pump works. Flow animation by using particles.

From playlist Pumps

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Coffee makers: How baseball put them in our homes

Bill describes how the household drip coffee maker evolved. This was originally broadcast on August 29, 2000. Visit this link to view complete list of media attributions: http://goo.gl/fmGESM. Watch the related EngineerGuy video on how a drip coffee maker works: http://www.youtube.com/w

From playlist Illustrated Radio Talks: How Engineers Create the World

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Swinging cylinder

A way to connect fluid to a swinging cylinder. Fluid enters and leaves the swinging cylinder through its stationary pivot so flexible pipes are not needed. All pink parts are stationary. The arrows show fluid flows.

From playlist Mechanisms

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Waddling Duck Wooden Toy

https://grabcad.com/library/waddling-duck-wooden-toy-1 This toy can work 2 different ways: pulled by a string or using a ramp.

From playlist Wooden Toys

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Karl Popper on Definitions (1974)

A version of an upload from the previous channel. It comes from a 1974 interview with Popper. The translation is my own. For more Popper: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhP9EhPApKE_VarWCx1d_Uogn_GxsVf-o More Short Clips: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhP9EhPApKE8v8UVlc7Ju

From playlist Karl Popper

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Pump with sliders 1b

Input: green rotor that rotates eccentrically in the housing. Pink sliders can slide in the rotor slots. Orange sliders can slide in circular grooves of the housing. There are revolution joints between orange sliders and pink ones. It is an application of a coulisse mechanism where green r

From playlist Mechanisms

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Hydraulic cylinder with fixed piston

Green cylinder with machine table reciprocates. Pressure fluid is conducted into cylinder via holes on fixed piston rod. The hoses can be stationary. In case using holes on the cylinder the hoses have to move with the cylinder. The arrows show flows of pressure fluid.

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