As originally designed the 1200mm wide gnomon acted as a heat collecting plate for a local heating scheme.
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This is easily remedied by making sure that the wires themselves are cleaned at the same time that the collecting plates are cleaned.
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"' Electric vibrators "'use rods that extend through the precipitator shell to transmit vibrations to the discharge wires and / or collecting plates and are not typically used in scenarios involving fly ash.
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The " huabiao ", which is a type of Chinese architectural column traditionally erected in front of palaces and tombs, is topped by a mythical " hou " �r " a wolf-headed Chinese dragon " sitting on a round " chenglupan " " dew-collecting plate " cap.
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Projects : just do what interests you-if you're into collecting plates, write a little database to store information about them; if you're into astronomy, write a little program that predicts eclipses; if you're into pr0n, write a little program that downloads it efficiently from the net .-- Talk 15 : 11, 20 August 2006 ( UTC)