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His popularity in his first four years, gained with the success of Plano Real, decreased during his last four years as the currency crisis was followed by lower economic growth and employment rates, larger public debt, growing political dissent and, finally, an energy crisis caused by an unexpected draught and low levels of investment on appropriate infrastructure.
The chimney uses the pressure difference caused by a hot column of gas to create a draught and draw air over the hot coals or wood enabling continued combustion.
The diversion of the Afon Glaslyn caused it to scour out a new natural harbour which had a deep enough draught for small ocean-going sailing ships, and the first public wharves were built in 1825.
Although a disadvantage for thermal efficiency of the turbine, it allowed the turbine exhaust to still be used through a blastpipe to draw the fire, as for a conventional steam locomotive and avoiding the separate draught fans that caused so much trouble for other turbine locomotives.

draught and by
He was poisoned at Caesarea, either by Eleanor of Aquitaine, the wife of Louis, or Melisende, the mother of Baldwin III, king of Jerusalem suggesting the draught.
The method of serving beer under pressure then spread to the rest of the world ; by the early 1970s, draught beer was almost exclusively beer served under pressure.
In 1892-93 a full size near replica of the Gokstad ship, the viking, built by the Norwegian Magnus Andersen in Bergen. It was used to sail the Atlantic. It had a deeper keel with 1. 5m draught to stiffen the hull and a range of non authentic triangular sails to help performance and big fenders on each gunwhale filled with reindeer hair to give extra bouyancy in case of swamping.
In the rainy season the Save is a large stream and even in the " dries " it can be navigated from its mouth by shallow draught steamers for over 150 m. Its general direction through Portuguese territory is east by north.
While the CIA Factbook in 2006 stated that the " US is the only industrialized nation that does not mainly use the metric system ", ( in addition to non-industrialised Burma / Myanmar, Liberia ), the actual situation, however, is more complicated than the CIA Factbook would suggest-in the United Kingdom, for example, although metric is the official system for most regulated trading by weight or measure purposes, the pint is the official unit for milk in returnable bottles and for draught beer and cider in British pubs, and miles, yards and feet remain the official units for road signage.
The first animal powered ploughs were undoubtedly pulled by oxen, and later in many areas by horses ( generally draught horses ) and mules, although various other animals have been used for this purpose.
The beer is also available in British-themed pubs as a draught beer in Australia and New Zealand ; brewed in the UK and imported by The Beer and Cider Company.
The length ( draught ) of the ropes was increased by lowering the floor of the ringing chamber to the level of the south aisle vault at the same time.
These caves had only been rediscovered in 1119 CE by a monk named Arnoul, who had noticed a draught in the area near where the mihrab is at present, and had removed the flagstones and found a room lined with Herodian masonry.
The ships would have been very small by modern standards, too shallow in draught and sailing too low in the water to be able to withstand the heavy waves and winds of the open Atlantic, and suited for use only in the relatively shallow waters of the continental shelf.
In barns a draught created by the use of these opposed doorways was used in winnowing.
Below Peterborough, boats are restricted by the size of Dog in a Doublet lock, which is with draught, while below Wisbech, small ships can be accommodated.
The River Avon can be used by boats with a maximum length of, beam of, height of and draught of from Tewkesbury to Evesham.
Locks on the Wakefield section can accommodate vessels which are with a draught of, while the locks below Castleford have three sets of gates, so that a section can be used, rather than the full required by the compartment boats.
The third method is by simply using an induced draught fan ( ID fan ) which removes flue gases from the furnace and forces the exhaust gas up the stack.
* Forced draught: Draught is obtained by forcing air into the furnace by means of a fan ( FD fan ) and ductwork.
A cart is a vehicle designed for transport, using two wheels and normally pulled by one or a pair of draught animals.
Built by Westers Mekaniska in Sweden, this 50 passenger water taxi, has variable ballast tanks ( not unlike a submarine ) and an exceptionally low air draught which means that at low tide it can float high, but at high tide it can ride low and still pass smoothly below the Liffey bridges.
Navigation through Lincoln and on to Boston was hampered by the shallow draught available under the medieval High Bridge, just below Brayford Pool.
Batu, addressing him, said " You have for a long time refused to come, but have effaced your ill conduct by your obedience " and saluted him with a draught of airag.

draught and passing
Maximum length for ships passing the Kiel Canal is ; with the maximum width of these ships can have a draught of up to.

draught and through
Direction was now controlled mostly through the draught team, with levers allowing fine adjustments.
To the north side of the cathedral is an entrance porch, a feature designed to eliminate the draught which, prior to the installation of modern swing doors, would blow through cathedrals whenever the western doors were open.
The navigation was completed in 1793 and three barges loaded with coal made the trip from Ipswich to Stowmarket on 14 September, rising through 15 locks of broad construction each, the draught being.
* Balanced draught: Balanced draught is obtained through use of both induced and forced draught.
Vessels with a draught of 14. 0m can be navigated through the channel at all tides.
* The Rip-Also referred to as " the heads " for shipping purposes, vessels with a draught of 14. 0m can be navigated through the Heads during any height of tide.
However, having the draught from both halves of the boiler through one firebox was unsuccessful.
From the last-mentioned place, the inland navigation, through Stumpy and Toomer's sounds, is continued until a diminished draught of water, and by cutting two low and narrow necks, not exceeding three miles together, to Cape Fear River, and thence by an open but short and direct run along the coast is reached that chain of islands between which and the main the inland navigation is continued, to St, Marys along the coast of South Carolina and Georgia.
By enclosing the fire in a chamber and connecting it to a chimney, draft ( draught ) is generated pulling fresh air through the burning fuel.
At a point about half-way through, where the tunnel passed near the vertical face of the rock a hold was cut through to secure draught for the fire in an iron brazier which installed in a small chamber opening into the tunnel when the fire was kindled the current of air from the hole would waft the smoke up the tunnel and render its passage impossible.
: 45 Blast pipe — Directs exhaust steam up the chimney, creating a draught that draws air through the fire and along the boiler tubes.
In all steam locomotives since Stephenson's Rocket, additional draught is supplied by directing exhaust steam from the cylinders into the smokestack through a blastpipe, to provide a partial vacuum.
Aligned at the centre on the eastern wall lies a baradari, literally a pavilion with twelve doors, which is a building or room with twelve doors designed to allow the free draught of air through it, finally on the northern wall lies a hammam, a bath chamber.
In steam ships the funnels also served to help induce a convection draught through the boilers.
* Bara dari: A baradari, in Persian and Moghul architecture, is a building or room with 12 doors designed to allow the free draught of air through it.

draught and chimney
* 1784 Argand adds glass chimney to central draught lamp
This is because natural draught is subject to outside air conditions and temperature of flue gases leaving the furnace, as well as the chimney height.
* Induced draught: This is obtained one of three ways, the first being the " stack effect " of a heated chimney, in which the flue gas is less dense than the ambient air surrounding the boiler.
* Chimney draught, outgoing flow into chimney of gases from combustion
That movement or flow of combustion air and flue gas is called " natural draught / draft ", " natural ventilation ", " chimney effect ", or " stack effect ".
This arrangement provides for regulation of the intensity of fire by limiting air flow, and for the fire to create a strong draught or draw up the chimney.
The flames and heated gases from the fuel were drawn across the charge by the draught from the chimney and beaten down by reverberation from the low roof.
The reduced height chimney was unable to provide sufficient draught for the boiler, and it proved cheaper to retire the steam engines and install electric pumps.
Initially the problem of the shortened chimney was overcome by the use of an electric fan to improve draught, but between 1996 and 1997 the chimney was repaired and restored to its full original height of 82 feet ( 25 m ).
The natural draught in the tunnel ( and the 4. 7 % gradient ) acted as a chimney encouraging the smoke to flow uphill towards the oncoming vehicles and out of the entrance portal.

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