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It is so-called because it appears on a number of edicts of Ashoka the Great, [1] most prominent among which is the Lion Capital of Ashoka. [2] The most visible use of the Ashoka Chakra today is at the centre of the Flag of India (adopted on 22 July 1947), where it is rendered in a navy blue colour on a white background, replacing the symbol of ...
Mélisande at the Spinning Wheel (Prelude from Act III, scene 1) The seventh, "Mélisande at the Spinning Wheel," presents the largest and most dramatic image heard so far. This immense movement could serve as a symphonic finale in its own right but the pace of the drama demands an epilogue. Entr'acte (Prelude from Act IV, scene 1) The Death of ...
The repetition of the musical accompaniment draws a comparison to the spinning of the wheel. [2] [3] "O Fortuna" opens at a slow pace, at 60 minims per minute (in 3 1, notated in Orff's notation as 3/), with thumping drums and energetic choir that drops quickly into a whisper, then doubling speed to 120 minims per minute (in 3
Two bladed spinner on a wire wheel 1967 AMC simulated wire wheel cover with spinner. The spinner or "knock-off" originated with Rudge-Whitworth center lock wire wheels and hubs, which were first patented in 1908. [1] [2] The spinner was a threaded, winged nut designed to keep the wheel fastened to the hub. They were screwed on and "knocked on ...
a person who engages in article spinning; Spinnerbait, a type of fishing lure; Spinner (website), a music website owned by AOL; Spinner (wheel), an accessory that goes on an automobile wheel and spins independently; Spinner, a locomotive of the former Midland Railway 115 Class in the UK; a machine used to do spin coating in manufacturing
Example of a spinner together with a text box, placed above a check box. A spinner or numeric updown is a graphical control element with which a user may adjust a value in an adjoining text box by either clicking on an up or down arrow, by pressing an arrow key down or moving mouse wheel, [1] causing the value in the text box to increase (if the up arrow is held down) or decrease (if the down ...
A similar toy had developed independently in Polynesia (known as pekapeka or peʻapeʻa) using either coconut palm leaflets or strips of pandanus leaves; [1] [2] in colder climates like that of New Zealand (the toy also called pepepe in Māori), phormium leaves are used. [3] Today's most popular style of pinwheels is rooted in East Asia.