depth pendulum

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• Pendulum and Hydrostat Control — is a simple system for automatically controlling the depth in water of a machine. The hydrostat senses the depth, sometimes this initially was with a simple bellows. However, with only a Hydrostat the system would tend to oscillate around the… …   Wikipedia

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• The Pit and the Pendulum — Infobox Book | name = The Pit and the Pendulum title orig = translator = image caption = Illustration by Harry Clarke, 1919. author = Edgar Allan Poe country = flagicon|USA United States language = English series = genre = Horror short story… …   Wikipedia

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• Stereoscopy — Stereoscopy, stereoscopic imaging or 3 D (three dimensional) imaging is any technique capable of recording three dimensional visual information or creating the illusion of depth in an image. The illusion of depth in a photograph, movie, or other… …   Wikipedia

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