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An ornate brass door hinge A barrel hinge. A hinge is a mechanical bearing that connects two solid objects, typically allowing only a limited angle of rotation between them. Two objects connected by an ideal hinge rotate relative to each other about a fixed axis of rotation, with all other translations or rotations prevented; thus a hinge has one degree of freedom.
Thomas Quinn Cahill (March 29, 1940 – October 18, 2022) was an American scholar and writer. He was best known for The Hinges of History series, a prospective seven-volume series in which the author recounts formative moments in Western civilization.
Examples of hardware excavated from the Jamestown and Plymouth colonies of the 17th century were very ornate in design – typical of that being produced in England at the time. [citation needed] In Colonial America, hardware was made in England and imported to the colonies. It was illegal for the colonials to produce manufactured goods.
The New England Butt Company originally manufactured cast iron butt hinges, [2] but later changed to producing machinery for braiding and stranding wire. Many of the machines are still used today by wire companies throughout the world. The New England Butt Company factory building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]
Edward C. Simmons. The founder of the company was Edward C. Simmons, who started the company in 1874 and retired in 1898. [2] [3] [4]The founder's son, George Welch Simmons, started working his way up through the company in 1901, with a salary of $20 a week for driving trucks to the St. Louis warehouse.
Macy's got its start as America's first department store before the Civil War, and with all the ups and downs of the last 160+ years, the brand still lives on today.
RH (formerly Restoration Hardware) is an upscale American home-furnishings company headquartered in Corte Madera, California. The company sells its merchandise through its retail stores, catalog, and online. As of August 2018, the company operated a total of 70 galleries, 18 full-line design galleries, and 3 baby-and-child galleries.
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