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2. Mobile (sculpture) - Wikipedia

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   A mobile (UK: / ˈ m oʊ b aɪ l /, [1] US: / ˈ m oʊ b iː l /) [2] is a type of kinetic sculpture constructed to take advantage of the principle of equilibrium. It consists of a number of rods, from which weighted objects or further rods hang. The objects hanging from the rods balance each other, so that the rods remain more or less horizontal.

3. Snow Flurry (design) - Wikipedia

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   The 1950 mobile was famously owned by the Noyes family before its 2012 sale fetched over $10 million and made it the most expensive hanging mobile ever sold. This mobile is owned privately, while the 1955 Ráfaga de nieve mobile is a permanent fixture at the Central University of Venezuela, and the others are displayed in museums.

4. Pla taphian - Wikipedia

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   It is a woven hanging mobile, usually made from palm leaves, in the form of a fish (specifically the barb, which gives it its name). [1] The barb is traditionally regarded as a symbol of prosperity and abundance, and pla taphian mobiles were usually hung over babies' cradles. Their production has largely declined over the centuries, but there ...

5. Jungle gym - Wikipedia

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   A home-use dome climber. The first jungle gym was invented in 1920 and patented by lawyer Sebastian Hinton in Chicago. [1] It was sold under the trademarked name Junglegym. . Hinton's second prototype "jungle gym" is still standing at the Winnetka Historical Society where it was relocated from the Crow Island School in Winnetka, Illi

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7. Upright jerker - Wikipedia

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   As in a hanging, a cord would be wrapped around the neck of the condemned. However, rather than dropping down through a trapdoor, the condemned would be violently jerked into the air by means of a system of weights and pulleys. [1] The objective of this execution method was to provide a swift death by breaking the condemned's neck.