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    A Tesla valve, called a valvular conduit by its inventor, is a fixed-geometry passive check valve. It allows a fluid to flow preferentially in one direction...
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    A check valve, non-return valve, reflux valve, retention valve, foot valve, or one-way valve is a valve that normally allows fluid (liquid or gas) to...
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    Nikola Tesla (/ˈtɛslə/; Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Тесла, [nǐkola têsla]; 10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian-American engineer, futurist, and inventor...
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    The Nikola Tesla Museum (Serbian Cyrillic: Музеј Николе Тесле, romanized: Muzej Nikole Tesle) is a science museum located in Belgrade, Serbia. It is dedicated...
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  • common name for a valve used in homes to regulate water flow Tesla valve: a form of check valve with no moving parts, invented by Nikola Tesla for use with...
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    Nikola Tesla was an inventor who obtained around 300 patents worldwide for his inventions. Some of Tesla's patents are not accounted for, and various...
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  • appears to be the eye of a sentient sentry turret from the Valve video game Portal, is a Tesla security feature that can be toggled on or off using voice...
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    inventor Nikola Tesla. Tesla Experimental Station Tesla tower Tesla coil Singing Tesla coil Tesla's oscillator Tesla turbine Tesla valve Tesla's Egg of Columbus...
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    pump, a similar device made from a trompe connected to an airlift pump Tesla valve Water rocket The hidden world beneath the ancient Alhambra fortress....
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    vortices plus some limited contact-sealing action that creates the seal. Tesla valve Thermoplastic Labyrinth Seals for Centrifugal Compressors; Proceedings...
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