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The broken escalator phenomenon is the result of a locomotor after-effect which replicates the posture adopted when walking onto a moving platform to stabilise oneself. [1] This after-effect was studied by Adolfo Bronstein and Raymond Reynolds in an experiment published in 2003, then explored further through a series of additional experiments ...
Dimensions. 147 cm × 89.2 cm (57 + 7⁄8 in × 35 + 1⁄8 in) Location. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia. Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 (French: Nu descendant un escalier n° 2) is a 1912 painting by Marcel Duchamp. The work is widely regarded as a Modernist classic and has become one of the most famous of its time.
Escalator etiquette is the etiquette of using escalators. In many places, there is a convention that people should stand on a particular side to allow other people to walk on the other side. [2] Standing on the right is the most common convention, following early escalator design in London. [1] In the 21st century, there have been campaigns for ...
Spatial disorientation is the inability to determine position or relative motion, commonly occurring during periods of challenging visibility, since vision is the dominant sense for orientation. The auditory system, vestibular system (within the inner ear), and proprioceptive system (sensory receptors located in the skin, muscles, tendons and ...
The escalator would have been a welcome sight for Kathy Jones as she made her way to the main level of Miami International Airport on Thursday, but there was a familiar sight awaiting her: a ...
A Milwaukee Brewers home loss to the Chicago Cubs went from bad to worse for 11 unfortunate fans on Saturday. An escalator malfunction at American Family Field after the game caused nearly a dozen ...
An older English term that was sometimes used for this meaning is afterwit; it is used, for example, in James Joyce's Ulysses (Chapter 9).. The Yiddish trepverter ("staircase words") [4] and the German loan translation Treppenwitz express the same idea as l'esprit de l'escalier.
Six men fell out of a mine-shaft elevator due to a broken control switch. [29] Mogok Township. Myanmar: 6 0 2019-03-09 A construction elevator fell from the 15th floor. [30] Karachi, Pakistan: 5 12+ 1957-03-20 A construction elevator carrying 21 people plunged five floors when the cable broke. [31] [32] Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. 5 0 1999-09-07