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  2. Plywood - Wikipedia

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    Flexible plywood is designed for making curved parts, a practice which dates back to the 1850s in furniture making. [ citation needed ] At 3 ⁄ 8 inch (9.5 mm) thick, mahogany three-ply "wiggle board" or "bendy board" come in 4 by 8 feet (1.2 m × 2.4 m) sheets with a very thin cross-grain central ply and two thicker exterior plies, either ...

  3. Fuller's earth - Wikipedia

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    The English name reflects the historical use of the material for fulling (cleaning and shrinking) wool, by textile workers known as fullers. [1] [2] [3] In past centuries, fullers kneaded fuller's earth and water into woollen cloth to absorb lanolin, oils, and other greasy impurities as part of the cloth finishing process.

  4. Wikipedia:Requested articles/Arts and entertainment

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    A' Design Award - Award for good design, art and architecture. The A' Design Award & Competition organizes World Design Rankings, and operates designers.org and in process of constructing a larger design museum in Como, Italy, laureates include Google, Disney, Pepsi, Lenovo, among other brands.

  5. Copper - Wikipedia

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    For some purposes, other metals can substitute, aluminium wire was substituted in many applications, but improper design resulted in fire hazards. [182] The safety issues have since been solved by use of larger sizes of aluminium wire (#8AWG and up), and properly designed aluminium wiring is still being installed in place of copper.

  6. History of art - Wikipedia

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    The name of the movement derives from the French 'rocaille', or pebble, and refers to stones and shells that decorate the interiors of caves, as similar shell forms became a common feature in Rococo design. It began as a design and decorative arts style, and was characterized by elegant flowing shapes. Architecture followed and then painting ...

  7. Phonograph - Wikipedia

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    This signal is then converted back into sound through an amplifier and one or more loudspeakers. [8] The term "phonograph", meaning "sound writing", originates from the Greek words φωνή (phonē, meaning 'sound' or 'voice') and γραφή (graphē, meaning 'writing'). Similarly, the terms "gramophone" and "graphophone" have roots in the ...