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  2. Bricklayer - Wikipedia

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    Bricklaying is a part of masonry. [4] Bricklaying may also be enjoyed as a hobby. For example, the former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill did bricklaying as a hobby. [5] Bricklayers occasionally enter competitions where both speed and accuracy are judged. The largest is the "Spec-Mix Bricklayer 500" held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada ...

  3. String line - Wikipedia

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    A string line is a tool made for the purpose of marking a straight line, level, or corner for construction purposes. when building foundations, string lines are hung on batter boards [1] View of crossed strings at batter boards. indicating corner of foundation.

  4. Chalk line - Wikipedia

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    Chalk line tool. A chalk line or chalk box is a tool for marking long, straight lines on relatively flat surfaces, much further than is practical by hand or with a straightedge. They may be used to lay out straight lines between two points, or vertical lines by using the weight of the line reel as a plumb line.

  5. Trowel - Wikipedia

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    Bricklayer's trowel has an elongated triangular-shaped flat metal blade, used by masons for leveling, spreading, and shaping cement, plaster, and mortar. Pointing trowel, a scaled-down version of a bricklayer's trowel, for small jobs and repair work. Tuck pointing trowel is long and thin, designed for packing mortar between bricks.

  6. Chain writing - Wikipedia

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    The process of chain writing is flexible and largely depends on the authors' ambitions when starting the project. Authors must decide what the parameters for the chain writing are ahead of time. As writers write in fragments of text, they can choose to write in sentences, paragraphs, or, as in larger works of literature, chapters.

  7. Silverpoint - Wikipedia

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    Albrecht Dürer's father was one such craftsman who later taught his young son to draw in metalpoint, to such good effect that his 1484 Self-Portrait at the Age of 13 is still considered a masterpiece. In the late Gothic/early Renaissance era, silverpoint emerged as a fine line drawing technique. Not blunting as easily as lead or tin, and ...

  8. The Philosophy of Composition - Wikipedia

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    Generally, the essay introduces three of Poe's theories regarding literature. The author recounts this idealized process by which he says he wrote his most famous poem, "The Raven", to illustrate the theory, which is in deliberate contrast to the "spontaneous creation" explanation put forth, for example, by Coleridge as an explanation for his poem Kubla Khan.

  9. Engineering ethics - Wikipedia

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    The general principles of the codes of ethics are largely similar across the various engineering societies and chartering authorities of the world, [21] which further extend the code and publish specific guidance. [22] The following is an example from the American Society of Civil Engineers: [23]