Castor and Pollux Nationality/Culture Roman Castor and Polydeuces (Greek)‚ the Dioscuri‚ the Tyndaridae Appears In Homer’s Iliad‚ Hyginus’s Fabulae Lineage Sons of Zeus and Leda Character Overview In Greek and Roman mythology‚ Castor and Pollux (known as Polydeuces to the Greeks) were twin brothers who appeared in several prominent myths. The twins were worshipped as gods who helped shipwrecked sailors and who brought favorable winds for those who made sacrifices to them. The Romans considered
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GE GAP Guidelines A Publication of GE Global Asset Protection Services GAP.2.5.2 September 3‚ 2001 OIL AND CHEMICAL PLANT LAYOUT AND SPACING INTRODUCTION Loss experience clearly shows that fires or explosions in congested areas of oil and chemical plants can result in extensive losses. Wherever explosion or fire hazards exist‚ proper plant layout and adequate spacing between hazards are essential to loss prevention and control. Layout relates to the relative position of equipment or units
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methods‚ after 24 and 48 hours in each test‚ against 7 day old (3rd instar) larvae of S. litura on castor leaves. Stock solutions of the test compounds were prepared in the carrier solvents. Further dilution was done in emulsified water by maintaining emulsifier (Tween – 80) level at 0.5 % to yield various concentrations. Castor leaf discs (4 cm diameter) were punched out from the washed and dried castor leaves. Leaf discs were dipped thoroughly in each of the concentration and air dried. Moist filter
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[diseases]’‚ where Ayurvedic uses are practiced. Ecologically‚ it survives well in similar environments to its own‚ for example replacing the babul acacia tree from India with Africanacacia species. USES Traditional medicinal use In India‚ the plant is variously known as "Sacred Tree‚" "Heal All‚" "Nature’s Drugstore‚" "Village Pharmacy" and "Panacea for all diseases". Products made from neem trees have been used in India for over two millennia for their medicinal properties: neem products are
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Lauren Kelly Individual Student Presentation 28 July 2013 Toxic Plants 10. Would you believe that there’s a tree so poisonous that you don’t actually have to touch it to be harmed? It’s called the manchineel tree (found throughout the Florida Everglades‚ Central America and the Caribbean. Inhaling sawdust or smoke tree may result in a variety of uncomfortable side effects‚ including coughing‚ laryngitis and bronchitis. Some reports suggest that simply standing beneath the tree during a rainstorm
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the Indian Edible Oil Industry India is world’s third largest edible oil economy‚ after China and US. India’s annual consumption is around 10 million tones vis-à-vis China’s 14.5 million tones. However‚ India’s per capita consumption at 10.2 kgs per annum is considerably lower compared to global standards. India is also a leading producer of oilseeds‚ contributing 7-8% of world oilseed production. India is estimated to account for around 6% of the world’s production of edible oils. Though it has the
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PLANTS Plants in Our Daily Life A plant(also called green plants) is a multi-cellular living organism‚member of kingdom Plantae.It is at the base of the food web and are Autotrophs.Plants are considered as backbone of all life on Earth and essential resource for living oragnisms.Plants can be reffered as a factory which processes light into energy and manufactures food for it ownself as well as for other living things.Scientists have foundmore than 270‚000 spieces of plants They include a host of
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Huatai Food and Oil Machinery Palm oil processing plant for sale in Malaysia and Southeast Asia Huatai Food and Oil Machinery technology introduced palm oil processing line: Palm oil machine processing line:http://www.palmoilmachine.com/Palm_Oil_Mill_Processing_Plant_38.html Palm oil mill: http://www.palmoilmachine.com Palm oil is squeezed from the fruit of the oil palm tree palm out. At present‚ many countries in Southeast Asia‚ South America‚ Africa‚ planted palm trees. Palm fruit was boiled
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Palm Oil Mill (POM) Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) is one of the key plant to ensure smooth production of the mill. Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) generally is about 0.7m³/Mt Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) processed. Total Solids are in the range of 11500 to 79000 mg/l and suspended solids is in the range of 5000 to 54000 mg/l. The organic content of POME is generally biodegradable and could be treated by anaerobic‚ aerobic and facultative processes. The processes are essentially biochemical and depends
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Plants‚ also called green plants (Viridiplantae in Latin)‚ are living organisms of the kingdom Plantae including such multicellular groups as flowering plants‚ conifers‚ ferns and mosses‚ as well as‚ depending on definition‚ the green algae‚ but not red or brown seaweeds like kelp‚ nor fungi or bacteria. Green plants have cell walls with cellulose and characteristically obtain most of their energy from sunlight via photosynthesis using chlorophyll contained in chloroplasts‚ which gives them their
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