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The business was founded in the 1930s by Sibyl, Lady Colefax (1874–1950). In 1938, she was joined in the business by John Fowler, and the business became known as Colefax & Fowler.
Five-card stud is the earliest form of the card game stud poker, originating during the American Civil War, [1] but is less commonly played today than many other more popular poker games. It is still a popular game in parts of the world, especially in Finland where a specific variant of five-card stud called Sökö (also known as Canadian stud ...
The round turn and two half hitches is a hitch used to secure the end of a rope to a fixed object. The name refers to the components used to form the knot: a round turn wraps the rope around the object (completely encircling it) and the two half hitches secure the end around the standing part. Variations of this hitch can be made with differing ...
Seven-card stud, also known as Seven-Toed Pete or Down-The-River, [1] is a variant of stud poker. Before the 2000s surge of popularity of Texas hold 'em , [ 2 ] seven-card stud was one of the most widely played poker variants in home games across the United States [ 3 ] and in casinos in the eastern part of the country.
In a full-bodied stud the stresses are greater in the threads than in the shank. [5] Undercut studs (rolled thread) are also stronger because the metal is "rolled" up to the major diameter, not removed. This preserves the grain of the steel, and in some cases even enhances it. Full-bodied studs (cut thread) are weaker because metal is removed ...
The stress intensity factor at the crack tip of a compact tension specimen is [4] = [() / / + / / + /] where is the applied load, is the thickness of the specimen, is the crack length, and is the effective width of the specimen being the distance between the centreline of the holes and the backface of the coupon.