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A jalousie window (UK: / ˈ dʒ æ l ʊ z iː /, US: / ˈ dʒ æ l ə s iː /), louvred window (Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Southeast Asia, United Kingdom), jalousie, or jalosy [1] is a window composed of parallel glass, acrylic, or wooden louvres set in a frame. The louvres are joined onto a track so that they may be tilted open ...
The John J. Kinsella Company operated from 1872 to 1931 and was one of the larger firms producing stained glass and mirrors in Chicago at the time. They specialized in ecclesiastical stained glass art and employed some 50 people, according to the publication, Frueh's Chicago Stained Glass. [1] The stained-glass windows of St. James Ev.
Late-19th century giltwood pier glass, with classical urn foliage and wheat ear cresting. This is the classic form of the pier glass. Christie's South Kensington, 14 March 2008. A pier glass or trumeau mirror is a mirror which is placed on a pier, i.e. a wall between two windows supporting an upper structure. [1]
Laminated glass is also used to increase the sound insulation rating of a window, because it significantly improves sound attenuation compared to monolithic glass panes of the same thickness. The interlayer is typically of polyvinyl butyral (PVB), ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA), ionoplast polymers, cast in place (CIP) liquid resin, or ...
A leather leg guard protects the knapper from being injured by the edges of the flint. Flintknapping or knapping is done in a variety of ways depending on the purpose of the final product. For stone tools and flintlock strikers, chert is worked using a fabricator such as a hammerstone to remove lithic flakes from a nucleus or core of tool stone.
New England Patriots kicker Joey Slye managed his second consecutive double-digit scoring performance in fantasy football leagues and gets a matchup with the Miami Dolphins in Week 12, giving up a ...
However, the glass layer may absorb some of the light and cause distortions and optical aberrations due to refraction at the front surface, and multiple additional reflections on it, giving rise to "ghost images" (although some optical mirrors such as Mangins take advantage of it).
If Carter had won another term as president, those four years would have been far less fruitful than the faith-filled four-decade 'second term' that he and Rosalynn devised.