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Lists of people by name (5 C, 8 P) Lists of people by nationality (198 C, 20 P) ... List of people and organisations named in the Paradise Papers
A throbber animation like that seen on many websites when a blocking action is being performed in the background. A throbber, also known as a loading icon, is an animated graphical control element used to show that a computer program is performing an action in the background (such as downloading content, conducting intensive calculations or communicating with an external device).
The Spinning Wheel is also the title/subject of a classic Irish folk song by John Francis Waller. [51] [52] A traditional Irish folk song, Túirne Mháire, is generally sung in praise of the spinning wheel, [53] but was regarded by Mrs Costelloe, who collected it, [54] as "much corrupted", and may have had a darker narrative. It is widely ...
The rival machine, the throstle frame or ring frame was a continuous process, where the roving was drawn twisted and wrapped in one action. The spinning mule became self-acting (automatic) in 1830s. The mule was the most common spinning machine from 1790 until about 1900, but was still used for fine yarns until the 1960s.
The Spinner by William-Adolphe Bouguereau shows a woman hand-spinning using a drop spindle.Fibers to be spun are bound to a distaff held in her left hand.. Spinning is an ancient textile art in which plant, animal or synthetic fibres are drawn out and twisted together to form yarn.
List of adjectival and demonymic forms of place names; List of adjectival and demonymic forms for countries and nations; List of sovereign states; List of contemporary ethnic groups; List of indigenous peoples
Bailey bridge in Libya Büchner funnel and flask A round, white Botts' dot A Codd bottle Crompton's mule Davy lamp Dr. Martens boots An Éolienne Bollée London Eye Ferris wheel. Abney level – William de Wiveleslie Abney; Aldis lamp – Arthur Cyril Webb Aldis [1] Aldrin – Kurt Alder [2] Alexanderson alternator – Ernst Alexanderson
The name paddle is derived from the first game that used it, Pong, [1], being a video game simulation of table tennis, whose racquets are commonly called paddles. Even though the simulated paddles appeared on-screen (as small line segments), it was the hand controllers used to move the line segments that actually came to bear the name.