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  2. Folding table - Wikipedia

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    In 1951, Boris Cohen and Joseph Pucci patented the first table that could be easily carried around. [3] It was widely used by paper-hangers and handymen, and is fairly indistinguishable from present day aluminum folding tables. In the 1950s and 1960s, Falco [4] and Samsonite [5] tables were popular. [6]

  3. TV tray table - Wikipedia

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    A TV tray table, TV dinner tray, TV table, or personal table is a type of collapsible furniture that functions as a small and easily portable, folding table. These small tables were originally designed to be a surface from which one could eat a meal while watching television. The phrase tray-table can also refer to a fold-away tray, such as ...

  4. History of the electric vehicle - Wikipedia

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    Crude electric carriages were first invented in the late 1820s and 1830s. Practical, commercially available electric vehicles appeared during the 1890s. An electric vehicle held the vehicular land speed record until around 1900. In the early 20th century, the high cost, low top speed, and short-range of battery electric vehicles, compared to ...

  5. Tip-top table - Wikipedia

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    A Tip-top table is a folding table with the tabletop hinged so it can be placed into a vertical position when not used to save space. It is also called tilt-top table, tip table, [1] snap table [2] [3] some variations are known as tea table, loo table. These multi-purpose tables were historically used for playing games, drinking tea or spirits ...

  6. Campaign furniture - Wikipedia

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    A pair of campaign chairs by Ross & Co. of Dublin. Any furniture specifically made to break down or fold for ease of travel can be described as campaign furniture. It was designed to be packed up and carried on the march. It has been used by traveling armies since the time of Julius Caesar, but it is commonly associated with British Army ...

  7. Paper fortune teller - Wikipedia

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    Paper fortune teller. A fortune teller is a form of origami used in children's games. Parts of the fortune teller are labelled with colors or numbers that serve as options for a player to choose from, and on the inside are eight flaps, each concealing a message. The person operating the fortune teller manipulates the device based on the choices ...

  8. Model 500 telephone - Wikipedia

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    Model 500 telephone. The Western Electric model 500 telephone series was the standard domestic desk telephone set issued by the Bell System in North America from 1950 through the 1984 Bell System divestiture. The successor to the model 302 telephone, the model 500's modular construction compared to previous types simplified manufacture and ...

  9. History of computing - Wikipedia

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    The first recorded idea of using digital electronics for computing was the 1931 paper "The Use of Thyratrons for High Speed Automatic Counting of Physical Phenomena" by C. E. Wynn-Williams. [29] From 1934 to 1936, NEC engineer Akira Nakashima , Claude Shannon , and Victor Shestakov published papers introducing switching circuit theory , using ...

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