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    A metal detector is an instrument that detects the nearby presence of metal. Metal detectors are useful for finding metal objects on the surface, underground...
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    Demining (redirect from Mine detector)
    which (ground penetrating radar) has been employed in tandem with metal detectors. Acoustic methods can sense the cavity created by mine casings. Sensors...
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  • Induction loop (redirect from Loop detector)
    and reception of communication signals, or for detection of metal objects in metal detectors or vehicle presence indicators. A common modern use for induction...
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    between a crystal and a metal was discovered in 1874 by Karl Ferdinand Braun. Crystals were first used as radio wave detectors in 1894 by Jagadish Chandra...
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    According to some accounts, the metal detector worked flawlessly in tests but did not find Guiteau's bullet, partly because the metal bed frame on which the President...
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    The Mine detector (Polish) Mark I (Polish: wykrywacz min) was a metal detector for landmines developed during World War II. Initial work on the design...
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  • noun or a noun phrase. Take the English examples heavy metal detector and heavy-metal detector. The former example contains only the bare adjective heavy...
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    Hand of Faith (category Metal detecting finds)
    nugget of fine-quality[vague] that was found by Kevin Hillier using a metal detector near Kingower, Victoria, Australia on 26 September 1980. Weighing 875...
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  • metal detector use. In 1937, he patented his metal detector. He died 1988 in Palo Alto. Although the actual inventor of the hand-held metal detector is...
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    metal allergies. Women wearing an underwire bra have in a few rare instances been subjected to extra scrutiny when their bra set off metal detectors at...
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