In addition, Su Song's clock tower featured the world's first endless power-transmitting chain drive, an essential mechanical device found in many practical uses throughout the ages, such as the bicycle.

By the 1940s endless uses for calcium products extracted from the marble deposits became obvious.

The list of current possible uses is endless, but specifically, RIA allows blood-donations to be screened for various types of hepatitis.

If the player presents the Overthruster to Kastore, his party uses it to revive the Heavenly Forge, thus producing an endless supply of futuristic weaponry capable of dominating the world.

In view of the increasing shortage of usable surface and ground water in many parts of the Nation and the importance of finding new sources of supply to meet its present and future water needs, it is the policy of the Congress to provide for the development of practicable low-cost means for the large-scale production of water of a quality suitable for municipal, industrial, agricultural, and other beneficial consumptive uses from saline water, and for studies and research related thereto.

# Aqueducts: water supply canals that are used for the conveyance and delivery of potable water for human consumption, municipal uses, and agriculture irrigation.

: APS third rail: The ground-level power supply system known as APS or Alimentation par le sol uses a third rail placed between the running rails, divided electrically into eight-metre segments with three metre neutral sections between.

Helium use following World War II was depressed but the reserve was expanded in the 1950s to ensure a supply of liquid helium as a coolant to create oxygen / hydrogen rocket fuel ( among other uses ) during the Space Race and Cold War.

Practical uses of supply and demand analysis often center on the different variables that change equilibrium price and quantity, represented as shifts in the respective curves.

Compared to microeconomic uses of demand and supply, different ( and more controversial ) theoretical considerations apply to such macroeconomic counterparts as aggregate demand and aggregate supply.

When it has caught and eaten that prey, it closes its right aortic arch and uses its left aortic arch to flush blood loaded with carbon dioxide from its muscles directly to its stomach ; the resulting excess acidity in its blood supply makes it much easier for the stomach lining to secrete more stomach acid to quickly dissolve bulks of swallowed prey flesh and bone.

Frequency spectrum of the heating up period of a switching power supply which uses the spread spectrum method incl.

Telephone exchange communication equipment, such as DSLAM, uses standard-48V DC power supply.

The Turkish self-propelled howitzer T-155 Fırtına uses a 2-stroke diesel engine located at the rear right hull to supply power to fire control computers and turret hydraulics.

* Coffman engine starter-A similar system which uses an explosive cartridge to supply gas pressure.

The state fishing company " Pemarza " uses the port to supply fish to Kinshasa.

Western Spotted Skunk also called a zorrillo, which means ' little fox ' in Spanish. Skunks are reluctant to use this weapon, as they carry just enough of the chemical for five or six uses – about 15 cc – and require some ten days to produce another supply.

Shinkansen uses a 25, 000 V AC overhead power supply ( 20, 000 V AC on Mini-shinkansen lines ), to overcome the limitations of the 1, 500 V direct current used on the existing electrified narrow-gauge system.

" He has taken the Bene Gesserit breeding program from them and uses it for his own mysterious purposes, and their limited spice supply is subject to their obedience to Leto, and his whims.

Initially, the water supply was two springs on nearby Buzzard Roost Mountain, but today Clayton uses Lake Rabun as its water supply.

The third floor, within the mansard roof, was to supply additional jury rooms, or other uses for future expansion needs.

The central feature of the project, the Joe's Valley Reservoir, completed in 1966, for the first time provided long-term water storage, improving the supply for irrigation and making additional water available for industrial uses.

It uses a moderate-power commercial solid state laser ( SSL ) and beam control system, integrated onto a Humvee ( HMMWV ), to clear surface mines, improvised bombs, or unexploded ordnance ( UXO ) from supply routes and minefields.

Lake Meredith lies just outside the city of Fritch and is a main source of water for surrounding communities, though the city actually uses well water drawn from the Ogallala Aquifer for its municipal water supply.

In May 2010, Nestlé said it was inviting The Forest Trust, a not-for-profit group, to audit its supply chain, and promised to cancel contracts with any firm found to be chopping down rainforests to produce the palm oil which it uses in KitKat, Aero and Quality Street.

By comparison, a typical domestic swimming pool holds about, and the City of Austin, a city of about 775, 000 residents, uses about per day for its public water supply system.

It measures 77 mm² and uses a 1. 5 V power supply, dissipating less than 1. 5 W of power ( typical ).

Abra Kadabra is the name of a DC Comics villain, who originally uses futuristic technology to create effects that appear magic to present-day people, and later gains actual magic powers.

Fantasy comedy films are types of films that uses magic, supernatural and or mythological figures for comic purposes.

In order to understand the metaphysics of the Mage setting, it is important to remember that many of the terms used to describe magic and Magi e. g., Avatar, Quintessence, the Umbra, and Paradox, Resonance, as well as the game mechanics a player uses to describe the areas of magic in which his character is proficient — the Spheres, look, mean, and are understood very differently depending on the paradigm of the Mage in question, even though they are often, in the texts of the game, described from particular paradigmatic points-of-view.

Early uses were connected with magic, medicine, religion, tradition, and preservation.

Belldandy explains that Skuld uses a type of magic called Direct Manipulation, and has been able to unconsciously access this ability since the very beginning.

Holy magic uses the power of the shinzoku, but the aforementioned barrier made its usage impossible before the death of the mazoku Hellmaster Phibrizzo.

This also manifests itself in a competitive streak and she accuses others who share their concerns that she uses magic for selfish purposes of being jealous.

In his essay " Magic, Science and Religion ", Bronisław Malinowski contends that every person, no matter how primitive, uses both magic and science.

Definitions, concepts and uses of magic tend to vary even within magical traditions and indeed often between individuals.

Underground, near Gollum's lair, Bilbo accidentally finds a magic ring of invisibility, which he uses to escape from Gollum.

Authentic Thaumaturgy is a set of rules for portraying magic in role-playing games, written by Isaac Bonewits, based on the magic system Bonewits uses in real life in his capacity as the Archdruid of Ár nDraíocht Féin.

Thomas shoots Flagg in the eye, but Flagg uses magic to disappear and escape.

Don Rosa's incarnation of Magica De Spell is, however, far more limited as she usually only uses magic through magical objects and in The Quest for Kalevala, Magica acknowledges that she can't use magic without a wand.

Kamek then uses his magic to enlarge Baby Bowser to a gigantic size, destroying most of the castle in the process.

While the language Paulina uses in the final scene evokes the sense of a magical ritual, one often-overlooked moment in 5. 2 shows the far likelier case – that Paulina hid Hermione at a remote location to protect her from Leontes ' wrath and that the re-animation of Hermione does not derive from any magic.

* Super-Girl — In Superman # 123 ( August 1958 ), Jimmy Olsen uses a magic totem to wish a " Super-Girl " into existence as a companion and helper for Superman ; however, the two frequently get in each other's way until she is fatally injured protecting Superman from a Kryptonite meteor that a criminal has dropped towards him.

Uther consults with Merlin who uses his magic to transform the king into the likeness of Gorlois and thus gain access to Igerna at Tintagel.

* The Lurigadawne of Tipperary wore an " antique slashed jacket of red, with peaks all round and a jockey cap, also sporting a sword, which he uses as a magic wand ".

Alis uses swords as her weapon of choice, can equip light armor and shields, and also uses offensive and curative magic.

Myau uses claws as weapons, can use stronger curative magic than Alis, and can disarm traps in dungeons.