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Country codes are defined by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in ITU-T standards E.123 and E.164. The prefixes enable international direct dialing (IDD). Country codes constitute the international telephone numbering plan. They are used only when dialing a telephone number in a country or world region other than the caller's.
Until 1985, subscribers' telephone numbers in Singapore were five and six digits. Five digits were introduced in 1960s, whereas 5-digit and 6-digit phone numbers were introduced in 1960s as fixed lines grew, but in that year, these changed to seven digits as the introduction of new towns arose (Tampines, Jurong East, Bukit Batok, Yishun and Hougang) and a large number of new numbers were required.
Telephone numbers in the British Indian Ocean Territory Brunei: 6 +673: 00: No area codes: Telephone numbers in Brunei Cambodia: 8 +855: 00: Open: Telephone numbers in Cambodia China: 8 +86: 00: Telephone numbers in China Cyprus: 3 +357: 00: Telephone numbers in Cyprus Egypt: 2 +20: 00: Telephone numbers in Egypt Georgia: 9 +995: 00: Telephone ...
A dragon kiln (Chinese: 龍窯; pinyin: lóng yáo; Wade–Giles: lung-yao) or "climbing kiln", is a traditional Chinese form of kiln, used for Chinese ceramics, especially in southern China. It is long and thin, and relies on having a fairly steep slope, typically between 10° and 16°, [ 1 ] up which the kiln runs.
Kilns used to make Qingbai ware have been unearthed in many of China's provinces, suggesting great popularity and widespread efforts to duplicate Qingbai throughout the realm. Excavations at the kiln site for Jizhou ware revealed large numbers of discarded fragments of Qingbai, below the layers with brown and white painted wares. Jizhou was ...
Biscuit kiln: The first firing would take place in the biscuit kiln. Glost kiln: The biscuit-ware was glazed and given a second glost firing in glost kilns. Mantou kiln of north China, smaller and more compact than the dragon kiln; Muffle kiln: This was used to fire over-glaze decoration, at a temperature under 800 °C (1,500 °F). In these ...
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Osborne, Harold (ed), The Oxford Companion to the Decorative Arts, 1975, OUP, ISBN 0198661134 Rawson, Jessica , Chinese Ornament: The Lotus and the Dragon , 1984, British Museum Publications, ISBN 0714114316