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1988 Gimmicks and Gadgets Contest
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.1988.tb00487.x
Subject(s) - contest , metre , computer science , engineering , physics , law , political science , astronomy
Winners of the 1988 Opflow Gimmicks and Gadgets Contest are presented. First prize went to the inventor of a meter hook to facilitate cleaning meter boxes; the second prize winner devised a water‐injected probing rod for use in probing water and sewer lines in dry climates where the ground can become very hard; a system of color coding valve lids to identify valves that are closed for maintenance merited third prize.