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  2. Porro prism - Wikipedia

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    A double Porro prism system reflects light four times. Porro prisms are most often used in pairs, forming a double Porro prism. A second prism rotated 90° with respect to the first, is placed such that light will traverse both prisms. The net effect of the prism system is a beam parallel to but displaced from its original direction, with the ...

  3. Department of Corrections (New Zealand) - Wikipedia

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    The Department of Corrections ( Māori: Ara Poutama Aotearoa) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with managing the New Zealand corrections system. This includes the operations of the 18 prisons in New Zealand and services run by Probation. Corrections' role and functions were defined and clarified with the passing of the ...

  4. New York State Department of Corrections and Community ...

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    Former name: NYS Dept. of Correctional Services. (1971–2011) The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision ( NYSDOCCS) is the department of the New York State government [3] that administers the state prison and parole system, including 44 prisons funded by the state government. [4] New York State currently ...

  5. Pulse tube refrigerator - Wikipedia

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    The pressure varies gradually and the velocities of the gas are low. So the name "pulse" tube cooler is misleading, since there are no pulses in the system. The piston moves periodically from left to right and back. As a result, the gas also moves from left to right and back while the pressure within the system increases and decreases.

  6. International System of Units - Wikipedia

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    The SI comprises a coherent system of units of measurement starting with seven base units, which are the second (symbol s, the unit of time ), metre (m, length ), kilogram (kg, mass ), ampere (A, electric current ), kelvin (K, thermodynamic temperature ), mole (mol, amount of substance ), and candela (cd, luminous intensity ).

  7. Corrections Victoria - Wikipedia

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    Corrections Victoria. Corrections Victoria is part of the Department of Justice and Community Safety in the Victorian Government, and is responsible for the provision of custodial and community-based services as an important element of the criminal justice system in the state of Victoria, Australia. In March 2018, Dr Emma Cassar was announced ...

  8. Arnold Lava Tube System - Wikipedia

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    The Arnold Lava Tube System (or Arnold system) is series of lava tubes in Deschutes County, Oregon, in the United States. It is located several miles southeast of the city of Bend . The system starts in the Deschutes National Forest on the northern flank of Newberry Volcano , heads northeast onto BLM land before finally terminating on private ...

  9. Pneumatic tube - Wikipedia

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    Pneumatic tubes (or capsule pipelines, also known as pneumatic tube transport or PTT) are systems that propel cylindrical containers through networks of tubes by compressed air or by partial vacuum. They are used for transporting solid objects, as opposed to conventional pipelines which transport fluids.