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  2. Burt Retractable Bindings - Wikipedia

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    In the case of a binding release, the cable prevented the ski from running away down the hill, a task normally accomplished with a ski brake. The spring would then automatically pull the ski back to the user and, if properly aligned, reconnect it. [2] [3] [5] The system, like all plate bindings, had a number of disadvantages.

  3. Burton Snowboards - Wikipedia

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    Burton factory in 2009, including double chairlift, originally used at a resort, [23] between streetlights. Burton is now the second-largest snowboard manufacturer in the US; [24] and its products are marketed worldwide in over 4,348 stores, 1,536 of which are in the United States. In 2003, Burton allowed several online companies to sell Burton ...

  4. List of DC Comics reprint collections - Wikipedia

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    DC versus Marvel/Marvel versus DC #1–4; Doctor StrangeFate #1 September 1996 978-1563892943: The Deadman Collection: Aquaman #50–52; The Brave and the Bold #79, #86, #104; Challengers of the Unknown #74; Strange Adventures #205–216 December 2001 HC: 978-1563898495: Diana Prince: Wonder Woman: 1 Wonder Woman #178–184 February 2008 978 ...

  5. Matthew (1497 ship) - Wikipedia

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    Until the 1950s, all that was known about its size is that it was a small ship carrying about 18 men, but the discovery of a letter from a Bristol merchant named John Day written in 1497 saying that "in his voyage he had only one ship of fifty 'toneles' and twenty men and food for seven or eight months" provided more certainty about its size. [4]

  6. Bookbinding - Wikipedia

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    Those bindings that are made with exceptionally high craftsmanship, and that are made of particularly high-quality materials (especially full leather bindings), are known as fine or extra bindings. Also, when creating a new work, modern binders may wish to select a book that has already been printed and create what is known as a 'design binding'.

  7. Binding post - Wikipedia

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    A binding post, colored red, which usually indicates a positive terminal. Two insulated, color-coded binding posts at the bottom center of a historical signal generator; modern devices often have bandwidths exceeding the utility of such connectors Adapter between five-way binding posts and a male BNC connector Uninsulated binding posts on a loudspeaker connected to banana plugs Small black ...

  8. Traditional Chinese bookbinding - Wikipedia

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    Records of Wenlan Pavilion, an example of a stitched bound book, Qing dynasty Yin shan zheng yao, 1330, Ming dynasty. Traditional Chinese bookbinding, also called stitched binding (Chinese: 線裝 xian zhuang), is the method of bookbinding that the Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, and Vietnamese used before adopting the modern codex form.

  9. Library binding - Wikipedia

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    Buckram variety swatches that can be used to cover books. Library binding can be divided into the two major categories of "original" and "after market". The original category is as it says: the book was originally bound with the idea that it would be used in a library setting where the book would receive harder use than those usual trade editions sold to the public.