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Macdonald Hall is a series of young adult novels by author Gordon Korman.The series was formerly named Bruno and Boots.. The series is set in a Canadian boarding school for boys called Macdonald Hall (named for John A. Macdonald, the first prime minister of Canada), located somewhere north of the city of Toronto along Highway 48 and seven miles south of the fictitious town of Chutney. [1]
Nutukas, finnesko, or simply Sámi boots are traditional Sámi winter footwear made of reindeer hide. Because they are soft, the nutukas will not freeze as solidly as thick boot leather, making them relatively easy to put on after overnight exposure to subzero temperatures. [1] From 1890, they are regularly mentioned in accounts of polar travel ...
Serbo-Croatian òpanak/о̀панак, as well as Bulgarian and Macedonian opinok/опинок, ultimately derive from Proto-Slavic word *opьnъkъ. [1] Proto-Slavic *opьnъkъ is composed from the following parts: [1]
Thigh-high boots, known also as thigh-length boots or simply thigh boots, are boots that extend above the knees to at least mid-thigh. Other terms for this footwear include over-the-knee boots, a name originally used for 15th century riding boots for men. These are sometimes called pirate boots, especially when cuffed. Over-the-knee boots are ...
The user guide engraved into a model of the Antikythera Mechanism. User guides have been found with ancient devices. One example is the Antikythera Mechanism, [1] a 2,000 year old Greek analogue computer that was found off the coast of the Greek island Antikythera in the year 1900.
Merrell was established in 1981 when two executives for the Rossignol ski company, Clark Matis and John Schweizer, launched a new maker of hiking boots. The pair joined forces with Randal Ivan Merrell (R.I. Merrell), a maker of praised custom boots which retailed for $500 a pair. [1]
Portable Document Format (PDF), standardized as ISO 32000, is a file format developed by Adobe in 1992 to present documents, including text formatting and images, ...
The boot is slightly bigger and heavier (~8 oz. (0.22 kg) more per boot) than the black Type I because of the extra insulation. These boots are manufactured by several companies including Bata, Acton and Air Boss. [5] Both Mickey Mouse boots and bunny boots have an air valve on each of the boots.