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A rocker box (also known as a cradle or a big box) is a gold mining implement for separating alluvial placer gold from sand and gravel which was used in placer mining in the 19th century. It consists of a high-sided box, which is open on one end and on top, [ 1 ] and was placed on rockers .
Peter Cooper designed iron-framed rocking chair from the 1830's A September 1931 photo of man in Texas lounging in a rocking chair while reading Edvard Munch: Aunt Karen in the Rocking Chair, 1883. Rocking cradles long predate rocking chairs and an example exists from antiquity, found in the ruins of Herculaneum.
Kindleinwiegen (Rocking the Christchild) is a Christian Nativity tradition which can be traced back to the Liturgical dramas of the later Medieval period. [1] It is a tradition primarily from the German speaking parts of central Europe [ 1 ] which appeared across the region in a variety of forms, chiefly though not exclusively in monasteries ...
Rocking cradle. A cradle is an infant bed which rocks but is non-mobile. [1] It is distinct from a typical bassinet which is a basket-like container on free-standing legs with wheels. A carbonized cradle was found in the remains of Herculaneum left from the destruction of the city by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. [2]
Modern reproduction of a medieval cot and rattle, c. 1465 Movable, but not portable, home bassinet Rooming-in bassinet A wooden cradle from India. A bassinet, bassinette, or cradle is a bed specifically for babies from birth to about four months. Bassinets are generally designed to work with fixed legs or caster wheels, while cradles are ...
A cradle is an infant bed which rocks but is non-mobile. [15] It is distinct from a typical bassinet which is a basket-like container on free-standing legs with wheels. A carbonized cradle was found in the remains of Herculaneum left from the destruction of the city by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. [16]
Image credits: seekuneek #6. The worst Christmas for me was 9 years ago. That December my house came down with the Noro virus. We were all either sitting on the toilet or bending over a bucket.
Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking" by American poet Walt Whitman is one of his most complex and successfully integrated poems. Whitman used several new techniques in the poem. One is the use of images like bird, boy, sea. The influence of music is also seen in opera form.