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  2. Category:Writing implements - Wikipedia

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    A writing implement or writing instrument is an object used to produce writing. Most can be used for other functions, such as painting , drawing and technical drawing . One of the critical characteristics of a writing implement is the ability to produce a smooth, controllable line.

  3. Writing implement - Wikipedia

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    A writing implement or writing instrument is an object used to produce writing. Writing consists of different figures, lines, and or forms. Most of these items can be also used for other functions such as painting, drawing and technical drawing, but writing instruments generally have the ordinary requirement to create a smooth, controllable line.

  4. List of keyboard instruments - Wikipedia

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    Other keyboard instruments include celestas, which are struck idiophones operated by a keyboard, and carillons, which are usually housed in bell towers or belfries of churches or municipal buildings. [1] This list categorizes keyboard instruments by their designs, and thus operations.

  5. Quill - Wikipedia

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    Quill and a parchment. A quill is a writing tool made from a moulted flight feather (preferably a primary wing-feather) of a large bird.Quills were used for writing with ink before the invention of the dip pen/metal-nibbed pen, the fountain pen, and, eventually, the ballpoint pen.

  6. Category:Musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    A musical instrument is a device that has been modified or constructed specifically for the purpose of making music.In principle, anything that somehow produces sound can serve as a musical instrument, but the term is generally reserved for items having this specific purpose.

  7. List of weather instruments - Wikipedia

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    Weather stations typically have these following instruments: Thermometer for measuring air and sea surface temperature; Barometer for measuring atmospheric pressure; Hygrometer for measuring humidity; Anemometer for measuring wind speed; Pyranometer for measuring solar radiation; Rain gauge for measuring liquid precipitation over a set period ...

  8. Indoor percussion ensemble - Wikipedia

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    This includes instruments such as snare drums, tenors, bass drums, cymbals, xylophones, marimbas, vibraphones, tambourines, chimes, timpani, drum kits, and other similar instruments. Electronic instruments such as guitars, bass guitars, theremins, and synthesizers are also allowed in most competitive circuits. Some groups will also use ...

  9. Meteorological instrumentation - Wikipedia

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    Remote sensing instruments collect data from weather events some distance from the instrument and typically stores the data where the instrument is located and often transmits the data at defined intervals to central data centers. In 1441, King Sejong's son, Prince Munjong, invented the first standardized rain gauge.