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Technological Applications Of Superconductivity - High-temperature Superconductivity (HTS) - HTS-based Systems
... include Induction heaters, transformers, fault current limiters, power storage, motors and generators, fusion reactors (see ITER) and magnetic levitation devices ... smaller size, lower weight or the ability to rapidly switch current (fault current limiters) outweighs the added cost ...
Bond (finance) - Features - Yield
... It usually refers either to the current yield, or running yield, which is simply the annual interest payment divided by the current market price of the bond (often the clean ...
Jemez Springs, New Mexico - History
... José de los Jemez was built just to the north of the current village in 1621 but was abandoned around the 1640s ... Following the Pueblo Revolt the Jemez people began converging at the current Pueblo of Jemez ... The village's current main bathhouse originates from this period ...
Economy Of Barbados - Current - Taxation - Bilateral Treaties
... The bilateral tax treaty negotiated with Canada in particular has been a political-football for the government of that country ... The treaty was made to allow the profits for IBCs and offshore banking companies to be repatriated to Canada tax-free after paying taxes in Barbados ...
Electric Chair - History - Early Development
... Wrongful execution Drug trafficking Current use Belarus Botswana China (PRC) Cuba Egypt India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Malaysia Mongolia North Korea Pakistan Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Taiwan (ROC) Tonga ... developed the idea of running electric current through a condemned man after hearing a case of how relatively painlessly and quickly a drunk man died ... Brown intended to use alternating current (AC), then emerging as a potent rival to direct current (DC), which was further along in commercial development ...

Famous quotes containing the word current:

    “Reputation runs behind the current state of affairs.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    “The first opinion that occurs to us when we are suddenly asked about something is usually not our own but only the current one pertaining to our class, position, or parentage; our own opinions seldom swim on the surface.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    “The English language may hold a more disagreeable combination of words than “The doctor will see you now.” I am willing to concede something to the phrase “Have you anything to say before the current is turned on?””
    —Robert Benchley (1889–1945)