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2. Nine Tripod Cauldrons - Wikipedia

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   The Nine Tripod Cauldrons (Chinese: 九鼎; pinyin: Jiǔ Dǐng) were, a collection of ding in ancient China that were viewed as symbols of the authority given to the ruler by the Mandate of Heaven. According to the legend, they were cast by Yu the Great of the Xia dynasty .

3. List of photographic equipment makers - Wikipedia

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   AP Photo Industries (Spain) Darkroom equipment, film cartridges and cartridge loading equipment, disposable cameras [13] Beseler (USA) Photographic enlargers; De Vere (UK) Digital enlargers. Previous manufacturer of quality analog photographic enlargers. Dunco, Photographic enlargers; Jobo (US) Film/Photo processors; Fujifilm (Japan) Frontier ...

4. Tripod (photography) - Wikipedia

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   Photographers with heavy telephoto lens attachments use a tripod to stabilize their camera to get sharp images Tripods are used for both still and motion photography to prevent camera movement. They are necessary when slow-speed exposures are being made, or when lenses of extreme focal length are used, as any camera movement while the shutter ...

5. Tripod - Wikipedia

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   A tripod is a portable three-legged frame or stand, used as a platform for supporting the weight and maintaining the stability of some other object. The three-legged (triangular stance) design provides good stability against gravitational loads as well as horizontal shear forces, and better leverage for resisting tipping over due to lateral forces can be achieved by spreading the legs away ...

6. Ding (vessel) - Wikipedia

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   One of the many types of bronze vessels, the ding vessel had its origins in standard ceramic vessels with the shape of a tripod. [20] A bronze ding vessel from Panlongcheng, Huangpi, Hubei, for example, inherits its shape from Neolithic pottery. [21] Perhaps the most famous ancient dings were the legendary Nine Tripod Cauldrons.

7. Da Ke ding - Wikipedia

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   The tripod has 290 Chinese characters in 28 lines inside the tripod. The inscriptions recorded that the monarch of the Western Zhou dynasty awarded slaves and land to the nobleman, Ke (克). Ke cast it to commemorate his ancestors and the glory bestowed by the king, and the process of awarding is described in detail in the inscription on the ...