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2. Suanpan - Wikipedia

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   The suanpan (simplified Chinese: 算盘; traditional Chinese: 算盤; pinyin: suànpán), also spelled suan pan or souanpan [1] [2]) is an abacus of Chinese origin, earliest first known written documentation of the Chinese abacus dates to the 2nd century BCE during the Han dynasty, and later, described in a 190 CE book of the Eastern Han ...

3. Traditional lighting equipment of Japan - Wikipedia

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   The andon is a lamp consisting of paper stretched over a frame of bamboo, wood or metal. [1] The paper protected the flame from the wind. Burning oil in a stone, metal, or ceramic holder, with a wick of cotton or pith, provided the light. They were usually open on the top and bottom, with one side that could be lifted to provide access. [2]

4. Soroban - Wikipedia

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   A suanpan (top) and a soroban (bottom). The two abaci seen here are of standard size and have thirteen rods each. Another variant of soroban. The soroban is composed of an odd number of columns or rods, each having beads: one separate bead having a value of five, called go-dama (五玉, ごだま, "five-bead") and four beads each having a value of one, called ichi-dama (一玉, いちだま ...

5. Sisters discover lamp worth $125,000 on 'Antiques Roadshow' - AOL

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   We then got an update that the lamp is now worth between $250,000 and $300,000 dollars! The gorgeous glass lamp was made at a studio that was operated by the son of the founder of Tiffany and Company.

6. File:Suanpan and counting rods.svg - Wikipedia

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7. R. E. Dietz Company - Wikipedia

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   The company was founded in 1840 when its founder, 22-year-old Robert Edwin Dietz, purchased a lamp and oil business in Brooklyn, New York. Though famous for well-built indoor and outdoor kerosene lanterns, it was a major player in the automotive lighting industry from the 1920s into the 1960s.

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   The judge in Georgia nursing student Laken Riley’s murder trial issued a warning to the courtroom about graphic body cam footage about to be shown -- prompting several to get up and leave and ...

9. Abacus checkers - Wikipedia

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   A suanpan abacus. Abacus checkers is a traditional two-player game popular in China. The game is played on a five-plus-two bead suanpan abacus. Rules are grouped into three main categories: Halma-type, Checkers-type, and Go-type.