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  • 51Vane, Sir Henry, The Elder — ▪ English statesman born Feb. 18, 1589, Hadlow, Kent, Eng. died May 1655  English statesman, a prominent royal adviser who played an equivocal role in the events leading to the outbreak of the Civil War between King Charles I and Parliament.… …

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  • 52Vane anemometer — A vane anemometer is a type of anemometer, a meteorological instrument used to measure wind speed. The vane anemometer can also measure wind direction.A vane anemometer which uses a small fan is turned by air flowing over the vanes. The speed of… …

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  • 53Vane, Sir Henry — known as Sir Henry Vane the Younger born 1613 died June 14, 1662, London, Eng. English politician. Son of the royal adviser Henry Vane the Elder (1589–1655), he was converted to Puritanism and in 1635 sailed to New England, where he served as… …

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  • 54Vane, Sutton — ▪ British writer original name  Vane Sutton vane   born Nov. 9, 1888, England died June 15, 1963, Hastings, Sussex       English playwright, remembered for his unusual and highly successful play Outward Bound (1923), about a group of passengers… …

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  • 55vane pump — A type of rotary pump with either a slotted rotor and sliding vanes or a rotor with hinged vanes; typically used for air pumps in secondary air injection systems, as a compressor in air conditioning systems, and in some transmission systems. See… …

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  • 56Vane, Sir Henry — llamado Sir Henry Vane, el Joven (1613–14 jun. 1662, Londres, Inglaterra). Político inglés. Hijo del consejero real Henry Vane, el Viejo (n. 1589–m. 1655), se convirtió al puritanismo y en 1635 zarpó hacia Nueva Inglaterra, donde fue gobernador… …

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  • 57vane / vain / vein —    A vane is blade that rotates: I don t know how hard the wind blew; it blew the weather vane off the roof.    Vain means fruitless, hopeless, or without result : Bertie harbors a vain hope of becoming a world class ice skater.    Vein refers to …

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  • 58vane / vain / vein —    A vane is blade that rotates: I don t know how hard the wind blew; it blew the weather vane off the roof.    Vain means fruitless, hopeless, or without result : Bertie harbors a vain hope of becoming a world class ice skater.    Vein refers to …

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  • 59vane / vain / vein —    A vane is blade that rotates: I don t know how hard the wind blew; it blew the weather vane off the roof.    Vain means fruitless, hopeless, or without result : Bertie harbors a vain hope of becoming a world class ice skater.    Vein refers to …

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  • 60vane pump — sparninis siurblys statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. vane pump vok. Flügelradpumpe, f rus. крыльчатый насос, m; лопастный насос, m pranc. pompe à ailettes, f …

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