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  2. Schüfftan process - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] Schüfftan placed a plate of glass at a 45-degree angle between the camera and the miniature buildings. He used the camera's viewfinder to trace an outline of the area into which the actors would later be inserted onto the glass. This outline was transferred onto a mirror and all the reflective surface that fell outside the ...

  3. Wood shingle - Wikipedia

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    Wood shingles are thin, tapered pieces of wood primarily used to cover roofs and walls of buildings to protect them from the weather. Historically shingles, also known as shakes, were split from straight grained, knot free bolts of wood. Today shingles are mostly made by being cut which distinguishes them from shakes, which are made by being ...

  4. Framing (construction) - Wikipedia

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    Wall framing in house construction includes the vertical and horizontal members of exterior walls and interior partitions, both of bearing walls and non-bearing walls. . These stick members, referred to as studs, wall plates and lintels (sometimes called headers), serve as a nailing base for all covering material and support the upper floor platforms, which provide the lateral strength along a

  5. Twin-lens reflex camera - Wikipedia

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    (Some cameras used this layout as late as the 1960s, for example the Koni-Omegaflex. [2]) With the addition of a second lens and a permanent piece of ground glass, this made it possible for a photographer to snap a picture immediately after focusing the image instead of having to remove and replace the ground glass screen every shot. [3]

  6. Multiplane camera - Wikipedia

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    Disney's multiplane camera, which used up to seven layers of artwork (painted in oils on glass) shot under a vertical and moveable camera set for successive frame Technicolor, [4] allowed for more sophisticated uses than the Iwerks or Fleischer versions. A camera crew of up to a dozen technicians might be required to operate and advance each of ...

  7. A shingles vaccine may contain a surprising benefit Research from Oxford University suggests that the shingles vaccine, Shingrix, might delay the onset of dementia by five to nine months.

  8. Deardorff - Wikipedia

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    1937 – started nickel plating and changed to mahogany wood. 1938 – stainless steel first used; 1942 – rounded corners for the lens boards; 1944 – Spanish cedar used in some cameras; 1950 – front swing capability first introduced; 8"x10" camera serial numbers begin at "500" in May 1950; 1952 – round metal bed plate

  9. Copper in architecture - Wikipedia

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    The shingles are interlocked during installation. The fastening is hidden with stainless steel or copper clips on wood sheeting or trapezoidal panels. Machine notching and folding ensures that the shingles have uniform dimensions. Links to pictorial examples of copper shingles in an exterior [107] and interior [108] environment are available ...