sprinkler
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Ristroph, Sprinkle, and their colleagues described this explanation as the momentum flux theory, which focuses on the way swirling water carries momentum through the sprinkler.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
That earlier research showed that a reverse sprinkler turns about 50 times more slowly than an ordinary sprinkler, even though both rely on closely related physical mechanisms.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
Years before his diagnosis, Pat Aust advocated to install a sprinkler system inside the care home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Other companies offer flame-retardant home wraps and innovative sprinkler systems, which can cost thousands of dollars.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
And they live in a super-cool, nice house with a circular driveway and an in-ground sprinkler system in a cool neighborhood, while we live in the broccoli-scented Sunset Vista apartments.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
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It was blamed in part on the building’s highly flammable cladding and lack of alarms, sprinklers and a fire escape.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
For the new research, the team built a collection of silly sprinklers with different contours.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
France's players tried to keep cool under the on-field sprinklers.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
When he went back three hours later to turn the sprinklers on, the house was already burning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
The sprinklers in the garden switched on; the odor of wet dust drifted through the window.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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