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2. Mechanical television - Wikipedia

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   Mechanical television or mechanical scan television is an obsolete television system that relies on a mechanical scanning device, such as a rotating disk with holes in it or a rotating mirror drum, to scan the scene and generate the video signal, and a similar mechanical device at the receiver to display the picture.

3. List of revolving restaurants - Wikipedia

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   THE Sky, Hotel New Otani, Tokyo (restaurant open, but not currently rotating) [6] Ginza Sky Lounge in Yūrakuchō, Tokyo (it used to rotate counterclockwise, but now it doesn't rotate. Stopped rotating in 2021 when the Tokyo earthquake damaged the machinery.) Prince Kaikan, Kamata, Tokyo (not currently open) Sogo Kashiwa, Kashiwa, Chiba (closed ...

4. Revolving restaurant - Wikipedia

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   Architect and designer Norman Bel Geddes proposed a rotating restaurant for the Century of Progress, the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago, although it was not built. [3] A barrel-shaped, but stationary, restaurant on Fernsehturm Stuttgart, a TV tower in Stuttgart, Germany, built in 1956, was noted as the inspiration for the idea of a revolving ...

5. Revolving stage - Wikipedia

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   The original London staging of Les Misérables is one of the most notable modern uses of a revolving stage, considered "iconic"; [15] it made sixty-three rotations in each performance. [16] Director Trevor Nunn 's decision to use the feature was informed by the need for rapid changes of location, especially in light of scenes added to the ...

6. Low-definition television - Wikipedia

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   Low-definition television (LDTV) refers to TV systems that have a lower screen resolution than standard-definition television systems. The term is usually used in reference to digital television, in particular when broadcasting at the same (or similar) resolution as low-definition analog television systems.

7. Cam (mechanism) - Wikipedia

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   A cam is a rotating or sliding piece in a mechanical linkage used especially in transforming rotary motion into linear motion. [1] [2] It is often a part of a rotating wheel (e.g. an eccentric wheel) or shaft (e.g. a cylinder with an irregular shape) that strikes a lever at one or more points on its circular