Give the reasons for the following features of the thermometer : a. a bulb of thin glass
b. the constriction near the bulb
c. a tube of fine bore

If 1 lb of fat is stored by the body for each 14.6×103kj of excess nutritional energy consumed, how long will it take this person to gain 1 lb?

The car hoist allows the car to be driven onto the platform, after which the rear wheels are raised. if the loading from both rear wheels is 1380 lb, determine the force in the hydraulic cylinder ab. neglect the weight of the platform itself. member bcd is a right-angle bell crank pinned to the ramp at c. the force is positive if in tension, negative if in compression.

Based on the concept of the wave-like nature of light, huygens' theory of light postulates that the more light was "bent" by a substance the slower it would move while traversing across that substance. a) deflection b) interference c) refraction d) resonance