In what appears to be a case of first impression, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a cash balance plan was permitted to define normal retirement age as the completion of five years of service in order to avoid a whip saw calculation of the participants' lump sum benefits.
A steam mop is a mop that uses steam to clean floors and carpets.Unlike a regular mop, which requires cleaning agents such as bleach or detergent, a steam mop uses heat from steam to disinfect the floors. A microfibre pad is often placed right underneath the steam jet to trap dirt. steam mop works by heating up the water inside the reservoir to temperatures of about 120 degrees Celsius (248 degrees Fahrenheit).
A steam engine is a machine that burns coal to release the heat energy it containsâso it's an example of what we call a heat engine. It's a bit like a giant kettle sitting on top of a coal fire. The heat from the fire boils the water in the kettle and turns it into steam.hoto: Close-up of the piston and cylinder in a steam engine. Our diagram up above shows a very simple, one-cylinder steam engine powering a steam locomotive down a track. This is called a rotary steam engine, because the piston's job is to make a wheel rotate.