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| Soldering is an unhealthy activity: when the tin melts it releases harmful vapours. lt is, therefore, advisable, to install a small 12 V...

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| Reversal of the supply lines to a circuit normally has disastrous consequences. The protection described here can prevent such a disaste...

| Electric points of a model railway system contain two small magnets. To set the potnts ina gtven position, one ofthese magnets must be e...

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