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2. Lincrusta - Wikipedia

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   Lincrusta wall covering, Roseland Cottage Detail of Byzantine pattern Lincrusta wall covering Lincrusta is a deeply embossed wallcovering, invented by Frederick Walton.Walton was already known for patenting linoleum floor covering in 1860.

3. 50 Inventions From The Past That Were Amazingly Innovative - AOL

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   When you think of a vending machine, things like snacks, sodas, or even pharmaceutical supplies may come to mind. But you might be surprised to know that the first ever vending machine actually ...

4. Wallpaper paste - Wikipedia

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   Adhesive flakes that are mixed with water to produce wallpaper paste. Wallpaper adhesive or wallpaper paste is a specific adhesive, based on modified starch, methylcellulose, or clay [1] which is used to fix wallpaper to walls. [2] Wallpaper pastes have a typical shear thinning viscosity and a high wet adhesive tack.

5. Reflection (computer graphics) - Wikipedia

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   Unlike a standard computer reflection (and the Java water effect popular in first-generation web graphics), the wet floor effect involves a gradient and often a slant in the reflection, so that the mirrored image appears to be hovering over or resting on a wet floor.

6. How to protect your home before, during and after a storm - AOL

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   If you are in a flood-risk area, try to move valuable or essential items upstairs or store them as high as you can on the ground floor. It is important to secure any free-standing items in gardens ...

7. Fears that the world’s biggest iceberg could hit island in ...

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   The world’s largest iceberg is still on the move and there are fears that it could be headed north from Antarctica towards the island of South Georgia.. The iceberg, called A23a, was previously ...

8. Seafloor spreading - Wikipedia

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   Earlier theories by Alfred Wegener and Alexander du Toit of continental drift postulated that continents in motion "plowed" through the fixed and immovable seafloor. The idea that the seafloor itself moves and also carries the continents with it as it spreads from a central rift axis was proposed by Harold Hammond Hess from Princeton University and Robert Dietz of the U.S. Naval Electronics ...

9. How Does the President Choose an Interior Decorator? - AOL

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   The third floor, added in 1927, houses the Music Room, Game Room, and additional private spaces. This area offers the more decorative freedom, as it’s the furthest removed from the formal State ...