It could be a corruption of a Shakespearian quote from Hamlet,
in which the character says "Alas, poor Yorik, I knew him." The
slang makes it difficult, though, as it may just be "I hardly knew
her." which seems simple enough.
It could be a corruption of a Shakespearian quote from Hamlet,
in which the character says "Alas, poor Yorik, I knew him." The
slang makes it difficult, though, as it may just be "I hardly knew
her." which seems simple enough.
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They both use a conventional steam turbine/generator, with a
steam circuit that operates on the Rankine cycle (look it up in
Wikipedia). This applies particularly to coal fired stations, many
natural gas plants now use combustion turbines combined with using
the exhaust heat for district heating, but these could be excluded
from being 'conventional'.