• The fundamental unit of mass in the metric system is the gramme.

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• Refrigeration and heating require the major portion of the energy.

• It is the look into the molecular world that is our principal interest.

• We wish to point out a few salient features of this theory.

• General descriptions of the basic (or main, or principal) types of cooling towers have been published.

• Liquid wastes can be divided into two broad classes, sewage and industrial liquid wastes.

• That country is the dominant (or predominant, or chief, or principal, or leading) producer and consumer of this metal.

• The foremost consideration in the design of the furnace is ...

• The key step in the production of antibiotics is fermentation.

• Major uses of alum are as astringents, styptics and emetics.

• Major parts are the crankcase, crankshaft, pistons, ...

• The primary purpose is to determine the hardening characteristics.

• Two salient differences are to be noted.

• The time constant is not a fundamental parameter in the system.

• Some of the essential features of the apparatus are illustrated in Fig. 3.

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• The effect was related to the difference in surface tension between the bulk and the surface of the liquid.

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• The overwhelming bulk of the phenols, cresols, and xylenols is obtained from coal tar.

• The main body of ground water lies at deeper levels.

• The bulk of the heavy nuclei are formed by the fusion of ...