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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 31 December 2024. Lossy compression method for reducing the size of digital images For other uses, see JPEG (disambiguation). "JPG" and "Jpg" redirect here. For other uses, see JPG (disambiguation). JPEG A photo of a European wildcat with the compression rate, and associated losses, decreasing from left ...
AD 69 – In the Second Battle of Bedriacum, troops loyal to Vespasian defeat those of Emperor Vitellius. [1]1260 – Chartres Cathedral is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France.
The ancient Egyptians divided the day into 24 hours. There are diagrams of circles divided into 24 sections in the astronomical ceiling in the tomb of Senemut. [4] Sundial with 24-hour analog dial. Sundials use some or all of the 24-hour dial, because they show the position of the sun in the sky.
General Electric in Schenectady, New York, aerial view, 1896 Plan of Schenectady plant, 1896 [19] General Electric Building at 570 Lexington Avenue, New York. During 1889, Thomas Edison (1847–1931) had business interests in many electricity-related companies, including Edison Lamp Company, a lamp manufacturer in East Newark, New Jersey; Edison Machine Works, a manufacturer of dynamos and ...