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  2. Crumpling - Wikipedia

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    Ball of crumpled paper. In geometry and topology, crumpling is the process whereby a sheet of paper or other two-dimensional manifold undergoes disordered deformation to yield a three-dimensional structure comprising a random network of ridges and facets with variable density.

  3. Conservation and restoration of illuminated manuscripts

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    The question most often faced by conservators is how to display a book to the least damage for the longest time. The light that enables visitors to see the books also breaks down the lignin structures in paper pages, fades paints, and embrittles leather. The cradle that holds the book open for viewing may also strain the spine.

  4. Strangers on a Train (film) - Wikipedia

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    Hitchcock himself designed Bruno's lobster necktie, revealed in a close-up to have strangling lobster claws, [27] and "he personally selected an orange peel, a chewing-gum wrapper, wet leaves, and a bit of crumpled paper that were used for sewer debris" [23] in the scene where Bruno inadvertently drops Guy's lighter down the storm drain.

  5. Topology - Wikipedia

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    A three-dimensional model of a figure-eight knot.The figure-eight knot is a prime knot and has an Alexander–Briggs notation of 4 1.. Topology (from the Greek words τόπος, 'place, location', and λόγος, 'study') is the branch of mathematics concerned with the properties of a geometric object that are preserved under continuous deformations, such as stretching, twisting, crumpling ...

  6. William Morgan (anti-Mason) - Wikipedia

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    The box contained a crumpled paper; its few legible words seemed to suggest that the remains might have been Morgan's. [36] There were also critics who suggested that the alleged discovery of the bones and other artifacts was intentionally timed to coincide with the effort to construct a memorial to Morgan and might have been an effort to ...

  7. In Flanders Fields - Wikipedia

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    According to legend, McCrae was not satisfied with his work. It is said he crumpled the paper and threw it away. [15] It was retrieved by a fellow member of his unit, either Edward Morrison or J. M. Elder, [16] or Allinson. [15] McCrae was convinced to submit the poem for publication. [17]

  8. Gaucher's disease - Wikipedia

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    In Gaucher disease, the enzyme is unable to function correctly and glucocerebroside accumulates. The macrophages that clear these cells are unable to eliminate the waste product, which accumulates in fibrils and turn into 'Gaucher cells', which appear on light microscopy to resemble crumpled-up paper. [3]

  9. G. K. Chesterton - Wikipedia

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    Gilbert Keith Chesterton KC*SG (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English author, philosopher, Christian apologist, and literary and art critic. [2]Chesterton created the fictional priest-detective Father Brown, [3] and wrote on apologetics, such as his works Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man.