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- Throttle is to slow down, but full throttle is max speed?
In these cases, it is used even when the engine being controlled is a diesel or a gas turbine, where control is effected by altering the fuel flow rather than that of the working fluid, and it is also sometimes used where the device being controlled is an electric motor
- At hand vs on hand vs in hand - English Language Usage Stack . . .
What's the difference between at hand, on hand and in hand? At hand seems to me as if you have something in reach On hand is if you have something in stock And in hand can be used as if you have
- Are names of chemicals not proper nouns? - English Language Usage . . .
Product names which are derived after an inventor's name will often remain capitalized, though not always (e g the petroleum distillate used to power trucks and locomotives is called "diesel" rather than "Diesel" even though it's named after the inventor of the four-stroke compression-ignition engine for which that fuel was formulated)
- Origin of the phrase, Theres more than one way to skin a cat.
There are many versions of this proverb, which suggests there are always several ways to do something The earliest printed citation of this proverbial saying that I can find is in a short story by the American humorist Seba Smith - The Money Diggers, 1840: "There are more ways than one to skin a cat," so are there more ways than one of digging for money Charles Kingsley used one old British
- Is there a term for mains power in U. S. English?
After the hurricane, the hospital powered life support equipment from diesel generators for 36 hours, then switched back to the mains "Grid" would also be acceptable If you're referring to 120VAC (RMS) without caring about source, the accepted U S industry-wide term is ' line voltage '
- When did the insult “up yours” come into existence?
The movie Blazing Saddles used everything and anything to get a laugh When the African American sheriff, newly assigned to a rural town, patrolled the main thoroughfare he happened upon an elderl
- capitalization - When is correct to capitalise these words? - English . . .
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- Particulate vs. particle [closed] - English Language Usage Stack . . .
What’s the difference between particulate and particle? Should it be diesel particulates or diesel particles, and why? Could you provide three or more examples where it should use particulate rat
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