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  2. Plywood - Wikipedia

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    It is an engineered wood from the family of manufactured boards, which include plywood, medium-density fibreboard (MDF), oriented strand board (OSB), and particle board (or chipboard). All plywoods bind resin and wood fibre sheets (cellulose cells are long, strong and thin) to form a composite material. The sheets of wood are stacked such that ...

  3. Asbestos insulating board - Wikipedia

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    Asbestos insulating board (AIB), also known by the trade names Asbestolux and Turnabestos, is an asbestos-containing board formerly used in construction for its fire resistance and insulating properties. [1] These boards were commonly used in the United Kingdom from the 1950s until production ended in 1980.

  4. Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House - Wikipedia

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    [57] [58] Each painting has a gold frame and depicts a Dutch or English port in the New World. [58] The office also included a stone fireplace mantel with a plaque referencing Fort Amsterdam and the Government House. [59] [60] [53] The coffered plaster ceiling has molded decorations, including a motif of the collector's monogram.

  5. Pakistani cuisine - Wikipedia

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    A Sindhi/Punjabi-style woven plate for chapati (flat bread) Pakistanis generally eat three meals a day, i.e. breakfast, lunch, and dinner. During the evening, many families have tea with snacks. During the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, the eating patterns change to suhur, pronounced “Sehari” in Pakistan, and iftar. It is considered proper ...

  6. Patterson–Gimlin film - Wikipedia

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    Patterson said he became interested in Bigfoot after reading an article about the creature by Ivan T. Sanderson in True magazine in December 1959. [16] In 1961 Sanderson published his encyclopedic Abominable Snowmen: Legend Come to Life, a worldwide survey of accounts of Bigfoot-type creatures, including recent track finds, etc. in the Bluff Creek area, which heightened his interest.

  7. History of art - Wikipedia

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    In Paris, its popularity coincided with the emergence of the salon as a new type of social gathering, the venues for which were often decorated in the Rococo style. Among the most characteristically elegant and refined examples is the Salon Oval de la Princesse of the Hôtel de Soubise , one of the most beautiful 18th century mansions in Paris.

  8. Bed and breakfast - Wikipedia

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    Breakfast at a B&B in Quebec City, Canada The ship Bürgermeister O´Swald II is now a B&B in the port of Cuxhaven.. A bed and breakfast (typically shortened to B&B or BnB) is a small lodging establishment that offers overnight accommodation and breakfast.

  9. History of clothing and textiles - Wikipedia

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    Carbonized, and "protected by several layers of clay/plaster, in an anaerobic milieu.... They were 'baked', or 'steam cooked'" [ 30 ] in a fire, and are radiocarbon dated to c. 6000 BC. [ 31 ] Evidence exists of flax cultivation from c. 8000 BC in the Near East, but the breeding of sheep with a wooly fleece rather than hair occurs much later, c ...