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A pernette from an archaeological find. Placed into a kiln upside down with respect to the drawing. A pernette or stilt is a prop to support pottery in a kiln so that pottery does not touch each other or kiln's floor. [13] In archaeology, they may be upside-down fired clay tripods, leaving characteristic marks at the bottoms of the pottery ...
Down-draft kiln; Shuttle kilns: this is a car-bottom kiln with a door on one or both ends. Burners are positioned top and bottom on each side, creating a turbulent circular air flow. This type of kiln is generally a multi-car design and is used for processing whitewares, technical ceramics and refractories in batches.
IPS (in-plane switching) is a screen technology for liquid-crystal displays (LCDs). In IPS, a layer of liquid crystals is sandwiched between two glass surfaces. The liquid crystal molecules are aligned parallel to those surfaces in predetermined directions (in-plane). The molecules are reoriented by an applied electric field, while remaining ...
Dreaming of a white Christmas? Dream on. Only a few areas of the U.S. are likely to see snow in the weather forecast for Christmas 2024.
US, Israeli officials will discuss civilian harm in Gaza in ...
Vitamin D and calcium are essential for overall health, but don’t reduce the risk of falls or fractures in generally healthy older adults, according to a new draft recommendation from the US ...
The fixed plate is shown in gold and six shafts each take a reciprocating motion from points on the gold plate. The shafts might be connected to pistons in cylinders. Note the power may be coming from the shaft to drive the pistons as in a pump, or from the pistons to drive the shaft rotation as in an engine
Federal prosecutors announced Tuesday that a New York tax preparer known as 'the Magician" pled guilty to filing thousands of false tax returns.