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The NASA QuikSCAT (Quick Scatterometer) was an Earth observation satellite carrying the SeaWinds scatterometer. Its primary mission was to measure the surface wind speed and direction over the ice-free global oceans via its effect on water waves. Observations from QuikSCAT had a wide array of applications, and contributed to climatological ...
On the inside of the back cover page, extending from the facing page before it, is the endpaper. Its design matches the front endpaper and, in accordance with it, contains either plain paper or pattern, image etc. The back cover often contains biographical matter about the author or editor, and quotes from other sources praising the book.
Front cover contents may usually be: For novels, the novel title in large letters, author name, tagline and symbol of publisher (in corner) Back cover (also called 'lower cover') contents may usually be: For novels, a back cover text or teaser that gives a hint of the story in an attractive way. A picture of the writer. A summary
The earliest mention of the jal tarang is found in Vatsyayana's Kamasutra, as playing on musical glasses filled with water. [1] Jal tarang was also mentioned in the medieval Sangeet Parijaat text, which categorized the instrument under Ghan-Vadya (idiophonic instruments in which sound is produced by striking a surface, also called concussion idiophones.)
Thus, the front endpapers precede the title page and the text, whereas the back endpapers follow the text. [2] Booksellers sometimes refer to the front endpaper as FEP. Before mass printing in the 20th century, it was common for the endpapers of books to have paper marbling. Sometimes the endpapers are used for maps or other relevant information.
This is a project to replace modern book covers used to illustrate articles about books in the public domain.These images are not really acceptable under the "replaceable" clause of our fair use policy, [1] since the books' original covers, title pages, etc. would be free.
A text block is a collection of sections or leaves bound together, which can be attached to a case (book cover) to form a book. [43] A codex is a series of quires sewn and bound through the folds. [citation needed] Folio and quarto refer to the size of the finished book, based on the sheet size that a paper maker could produce with a manual ...
In this picture, the recto page shown is of the following leaf in a book and hence comes next to the verso of the previous leaf. Right-to-left language books: recto is the front page, verso is the back page (vertical Chinese, vertical Japanese, Arabic, or Hebrew). In this picture, the recto page shown is of the following leaf in a book and ...