cylinder
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“It’s right here,” glaciologist Alison Criscitiello says, pointing to a nearly invisible gray smudge behind the glass, on a 5-foot-long, 1,550-year-old bisected cylinder of ice.
From Slate • May 8, 2026
Before the war throttled shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, Kumar’s family could count on getting the 30-pound cylinder from a government-approved gas agency for around $10.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
This rocking chair is equal parts dramatic and functional, featuring a stacked cylinder back, rocker frame and arm rests in a black glossy finish.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
The indoor unit is about the size of a gas boiler, while the size of the cylinder depends on the property.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
The great historian Joseph Needham said, very sensibly, ‘I find it almost impossible to believe that Newcomen did not know of Papin’s steam cylinder.’
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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