enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Egyptian Revival decorative arts - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Revival...

   Egyptian revival decorative arts is a style in Western art, mainly of the early nineteenth century, in which Egyptian motifs were applied to a wide variety of decorative arts objects. Enthusiasm for the artistic style of Ancient Egypt is generally attributed to the excitement over Napoleon's conquest of Egypt and, in Britain, to Admiral Nelson ...

3. Granite - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granite

   Granite (/ ˈɡrænɪt / GRAN-it) is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies underground.

4. Optical table - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_table

   Granite and diabase are still used for smaller precision-flat surfaces, but optical tables made from these materials are not commonly available today. Modern optical tables are typically made of top and bottom sheets of steel, aluminum, or carbon fiber, separated by a thick honeycomb lattice structure. The surface usually has a grid of threaded ...

5. List of largest monoliths - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_monoliths

   Moved monoliths. The 1,250 t heavy Thunder Stone in Saint Petersburg. On top is an equestrian statue of Peter the Great. The 53.3 t heavy capital block (the rectangular platform fitted with a railing) of Trajan's Column in Rome, Italy, was lifted by Roman cranes to a record height of about 34 m.

6. Surface plate - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_plate

   A 250 mm x 250 mm surface plate. A surface plate is a solid, flat plate used as the main horizontal reference plane for precision inspection, marking out (layout), and tooling setup. [1] The surface plate is often used as the baseline for all measurements to a workpiece, therefore one primary surface is finished extremely flat with tolerances ...

7. Water table (architecture) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_table_(architecture)

   Water table (architecture) A water table is a projection of lower masonry on the outside of a wall, slightly above the ground, or at the top of a wainscot section of a wall (in this case also known as a sill). It is both a functional and architectural feature that consists of a projection that deflects water running down the face of a building ...