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A crossword(or crossword puzzle) is a word gameconsisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter, while the black squares are used to separate ...
Nationality. American. Alma mater. University of Illinois (1926) Occupation. Architect. Projects. Sudoku. Howard Garns (March 2, 1905 – October 6, 1989) was an American architect who gained fame only after his death as the creator of Number Place, the number puzzle that became a worldwide phenomenon under the name Sudoku.
A 15x15 lattice-style grid is common for cryptic crosswords. A cryptic crossword is a crossword puzzle in which each clue is a word puzzle. Cryptic crosswords are particularly popular in the United Kingdom, where they originated, [1] as well as Ireland, the Netherlands, and in several Commonwealth nations, including Australia, Canada, India, Kenya, Malta, New Zealand, and South Africa.
Percy Shaw. Percy Shaw, OBE (15 April 1890 – 1 September 1976) was an English inventor and businessman. He patented the reflective road stud or "cat's eye" in 1934, and set up a company to manufacture his invention in 1935. An early poster and catalogue image.
Description. The cat's eye design originated in the UK in 1934 and is today used all over the world. [1] The original form consisted of two pairs of retroreflectors set into a white rubber dome, mounted in a cast iron housing. This is the kind that marks the centre of the road, with one pair of cat's eyes showing in each direction.
This is known as the kamawanu-mon (鎌輪奴文, kamawanu sign), and dates to circa 1700, [21] being used in kabuki since circa 1815. [22] [23] Kabuki actors would wear yukata and other clothing whose pictorial design, in rebus, represented their Yagō "guild names", and would distribute tenugui cloth with their rebused names as well. The ...
Signs including Stop, Yield, No Turns, No Trucks, No Parking, No Stopping, Minimum Speed, Right Turn Only, Do Not Enter, Weight Limit, and Speed Limit are considered regulatory signs. Some have special shapes, such as the octagon for the Stop sign and the crossbuck for railroad crossings.
Barnes Wallis (1887–1979), bouncing bomb. Josiah Wedgwood (1730–1795) invented jasperware. Edward Weston (1850–1936), Weston cell. Frank Whittle (1907–1996), co-inventor of the jet engine. William Winlaw (d.1796), patented agricultural machinery. Arthur Wynne (1862–1945), inventor of crossword puzzle.