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The Groton School Rasterbation [3] used more than 1500 sheets of 11x14" paper and was 100' tall, making it the largest ever. In June 2012, another graduating class from the University of Toronto Schools produced 74 9-by-9-foot (2.7 m × 2.7 m) rasterbations in one night, each incorporating 143 sheets of 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 ×11" letter-sized paper ...
Yellow tiles are the reflected versions of the blue tiles. In November 2022, hobbyist David Smith discovered a "hat"-shaped tile formed from eight copies of a 60°–90°–120°–90° kite ( deltoidal trihexagonals ), glued edge-to-edge, which seemed to only tile the plane aperiodically. [ 8 ]
Hexagonal tiling is the densest way to arrange circles in two dimensions. The honeycomb conjecture states that hexagonal tiling is the best way to divide a surface into regions of equal area with the least total perimeter.
Cement board is composed of aggregated Portland cement with a glass-fiber mesh on the surfaces. This 5 ⁄ 16 inch (7.9 mm) thick cement board is designed as an underlayment for tile floors. These are 3-by-5-foot (91 by 152 cm) sheets.
Vinyl floor tiling. Vinyl composition tile (VCT) is a finished flooring material used primarily in commercial and institutional applications. Modern vinyl floor tiles and sheet flooring and versions of those products sold since the early 1980s are composed of colored polyvinyl chloride (PVC) chips formed into solid sheets of varying thicknesses (1 ⁄ 8 in or 3.2 mm is most common) by heat and ...
Elevation view of the Panthéon, Paris principal façade Floor plans of the Putnam House. A house plan [1] is a set of construction or working drawings (sometimes called blueprints) that define all the construction specifications of a residential house such as the dimensions, materials, layouts, installation methods and techniques.
This parquet floor is fitted to the size and shape of the room. This is only possible with sheet vinyl if it is custom-printed. Vinyl sheet flooring is usually made with skeuomorphic patterns that imitate wood, stone, or tile. The texture of these materials is imitated using embossing and specific top coats; the appearance is duplicated using a ...
Structural, including bricks, pipes, floor and roof tiles, vitrified tile; Refractories, such as kiln linings, gas fire radiants, steel and glass making crucibles; Whitewares, including tableware, cookware, wall tiles, pottery products and sanitary ware [18] Technical, also known as engineering, advanced, special, and fine ceramics. Such items ...