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Eugene Brennan

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Ireland, Kildare
As seen in: Facebook, Illumination, Medium, HubPages, Dengarden, TurboFuture, WanderWisdom, WeHavekids
Covers:  DIY, STEM, gardening, technology, photography
Doesn't Cover: Politics, religion, current affairs
Ex-engineer and #author of #HowTo guides & tutorials on #STEM #tools #gardening #DIY #physics #math Articles on KilcullenScience.com & HomeGardenGuidebook.com
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Electricity 101: A Complete Beginner's Guide

Electricity 101: A Complete Beginner's Guide

Medium — This guide for consumers and students explains all about volts, amps and watts and how they apply to home appliances and circuits. The equations are really quite simple, and you'll find some examples...
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How is Electricity Made and Distributed to Our Homes?

How is Electricity Made and Distributed to Our Homes?

Illumination Curated — Exploring the multiple ways electricity is generated and transmitted to our homes.
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Rules of Logarithms and Exponents: A Guide for Students

Rules of Logarithms and Exponents: A Guide for Students

Medium — Covering bases and exponents, laws of exponents, log to the base 10, natural logs, rules of logs, working out logs on a calculator, graphs of log functions, log scales and using logs to perform multiplication.
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So Your Medium Story Was Plagiarised? What Do You Do Next?

So Your Medium Story Was Plagiarised? What Do You Do Next?

Medium — Experiences of a plagiarist hunter... Ever since I started writing articles 10 years ago on the HubPages network of sites, I've wasted lots of time dealing with plagiarists. I reckon over that period, I've dealt with hundreds of instances of people stealing text, photos or infographics and using them without permission in their articles...
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An Adventure in Greece With a Dodgy Suitcase!

An Adventure in Greece With a Dodgy Suitcase!

Medium — After disembarking the flight from Athens to the Greek island of Paros, I was annoyed to discover after collecting my luggage that the material around the hinge area of my suitcase was damaged. This is the story of how I fixed it (with some sight seeing on the way!).
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How to Use a Multimeter to Measure Voltage, Current and Resistance

How to Use a Multimeter to Measure Voltage, Current and Resistance

Dengarden — Multimeters are widely used by professionals in several fields including industrial maintenance and testing, research, appliance repair and electrical installation. However a digital multimeter or DMM is also an invaluable test instrument for home and DIY use.
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String Trimmer (Strimmer) Won't Work: 2-Stroke Engine and Carburetor Troubleshooting

String Trimmer (Strimmer) Won't Work: 2-Stroke Engine and Carburetor Troubleshooting

Dengarden — String trimmers can be troublesome garden tools. Difficulty in starting is often due to an issue with the carburetor (carburator). In this article, I explore some of the issues which can affect these machines.
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A Complete Guide to Power Tools for Beginners

A Complete Guide to Power Tools for Beginners

Dengarden — Thinking of buying a power tool as a gift? Or maybe you want to make light work of DIY? This article is an absolute beginner's guide, covering practically every type of tool used for home maintenance, construction, woodwork, metal fabrication or crafts.
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Archimedes' Principle, Buoyancy Experiments and Flotation Force

Archimedes' Principle, Buoyancy Experiments and Flotation Force

owlcation.com — Understanding the principle of Archimedes, buoyancy and how it affects ships, divers, buoys, submarines, hot air balloons and other submerged and floating bodies.
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What Is Calculus? A Beginner's Guide to Limits and Differentiation

What Is Calculus? A Beginner's Guide to Limits and Differentiation

owlcation.com — Calculus is a study of rates of change of functions and accumulation of infinitesimally small quantities. It can be broadly divided into two branches: Differential Calculus.
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Kilcullen Science and Engineering | # Eye See: How Our Brains Hide Some of the Things We See | Fa...

Kilcullen Science and Engineering | # Eye See: How Our Brains Hide Some of the Things We See | Fa...

Facebook — Eye See: How Our Brains Hide Some of the Things We See I was at the opticians on Thursday for my two-yearly check-up. The optician was showing me the image of my retina on the computer and...
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