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  2. Victorian decorative arts - Wikipedia

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    Victorian architecture is a series of architectural revival styles in the mid-to-late 19th century. Victorian refers to the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901), called the Victorian era, during which period the styles known as Victorian were used in construction. However, many elements of what is typically termed "Victorian" architecture did ...

  3. Scroll (art) - Wikipedia

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    Applications of single scroll forms can be seen in the volutes at the head of an Ionic column, the carved scroll at the end of the pegbox on instruments in the violin family (resembling fiddleheads in nature), and the heads of many Western crosiers. Scrollwork is a technique used in cake decorating. "Albeit a bit baroque, scrollwork lends a ...

  4. Old Head coinage - Wikipedia

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    The Old Head coinage originally consisted only of gold and silver coins, but in 1895, the Brock head of Victoria was placed on the bronze coinage (the penny and its fractions) as well. They continued to be struck until the death of Victoria in 1901 necessitated a change of design for the obverse; beginning in 1902, the coinage bore the head of ...

  5. Chuck (engineering) - Wikipedia

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    A backplate with threads may screw onto a threaded spindle nose (for lathe work) or onto an adapter plate with the same nose, to be mounted on the table of milling machines or surface grinding machines. This "threaded spindle nose" type of mounting was the typical method in the 19th century through 1930s.

  6. Lunt Silversmiths - Wikipedia

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    Lunt's Embassy Scroll pattern was chosen by the United States government as its official tableware in all U.S. embassies and consulates around the world. In late 2009, the company sold its name and inventory to competitor Reed & Barton .

  7. Automotive head unit - Wikipedia

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    An automotive head unit, sometimes called the infotainment system, [1] is a vehicle audio component providing a unified hardware interface for the system, including screens, buttons and system controls for numerous integrated information and entertainment functions.

  8. Armour of the Kelly gang - Wikipedia

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    The Victorian Police were told about the armour three times by informants, but superintendents Hare and Sadleir both dismissed the information as "nonsense" and "an impossibility". In June 1880, the outlaws wore the armour during the Glenrowan siege and ensuing gunfight, which lasted for around eleven hours and involved over 40 policemen.

  9. Victorian Railways bogie guard's vans - Wikipedia

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    In 1962 it was agreed by the Victorian Railways and the South Australian Railways to allow through-running of freight trains, and so seven members of the ZJF class were constructed. They had the same design as the ZF vans. In 1963/64 the vans were given upgraded bogies and re-lettered to ZJP, indicating their suitability for passenger trains.