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The size and proportions of a book depend on the size of the original full sheet. If a sheet 480 by 640 mm (19 by 25 in) is used to print a quarto, the resulting untrimmed pages, will be approximately half as large in each dimension: width 240 mm (9 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) and height 320 mm (12 + 1 ⁄ 2 in).
Due to his small size, a ramp was built in the breeding shed to allow Northern Dancer to service mares who were taller than him. [60] He was bred to 35 mares, with 21 live foals being produced in 1966. The first crop reached racing age in 1968 and was an immediate success, including Viceregal, who was named Canadian Horse of the Year.
An American-style 15×15 crossword grid layout. A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one ...
Charles Duerr, who died in 1999, authored many "Dur-acrostic" books and was a contributor of acrostics to the Saturday Review. Michael Ashley's "Double Cross" acrostics have appeared in GAMES and GAMES World of Puzzles since 1978. Writer and academic Isaac Asimov enjoyed acrostics, comparing them favorably to crossword puzzles. In "Yours, Isaac ...
Octavo metrics compared to the folio and quarto. Octavo, a Latin word meaning "in eighth" or "for the eighth time", [1] (abbreviated 8vo, 8º, or In-8) is a technical term describing the format of a book, which refers to the size of leaves produced from folding a full sheet of paper on which multiple pages of text were printed to form the individual sections (or gatherings) of a book.
Colic or cholic (/ ˈ k ɒ l ɪ k /) [1] is a form of pain that starts and stops abruptly. It occurs due to muscular contractions of a hollow tube ( small and large intestine , gall bladder , ureter , etc.) in an attempt to relieve an obstruction by forcing content out.
The severe 'colic of Poitou, France' was described by the physician of Cardinal Richelieu but the cause was unknown. In 1694 it struck two monasteries Gockel was responsible for. [ 8 ] Several people at the monastery fell ill and died not long after dining together on Christmas.
Renal colic, also known as ureteric colic, is a type of abdominal pain commonly caused by obstruction of ureter from dislodged kidney stones. The most frequent site of obstruction is the vesico-ureteric junction (VUJ), the narrowest point of the upper urinary tract .