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A simple dumbwaiter is a movable frame in a shaft, dropped by a rope on a pulley, guided by rails; most dumbwaiters have a shaft, cart, and capacity smaller than those of passenger elevators, usually 45 to 450 kg (100 to 992 lbs.) [2] Before electric motors were added in the 1920s, dumbwaiters were controlled manually by ropes on pulleys.
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On May 2, 2017, Microsoft unveiled Windows 10 S (referred to in leaks as Windows 10 Cloud), a feature-limited edition of Windows 10 which was designed primarily for devices in the education market (competing, in particular, with ChromeOS netbooks), such as the Surface Laptop that Microsoft also unveiled at this time. The OS restricts software ...
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Whether it’s a first-generation iPod or a retro gaming console (looking at you, Game Boy), here are 10 outdated devices that fetch impressive prices. 1. First-Generation iPhone
Part of the mystery arises from the variety of devices that were grouped under the term "dumb waiter" (today written dumbwaiter). An early 18th-century British article in The Gentleman's Magazine describes how silent machines had replaced garrulous servants at some tables [ 6 ] and, by the 1750s, Christopher Smart was praising the "foreign" but ...
The concept of home improvement, home renovation or remodeling is the process of renovating, making improvements or making additions to one's home. [1] Home improvement can consist of projects that upgrade an existing home interior (such as electrical and plumbing), exterior (masonry, concrete, siding, roofing) or other improvements to the property (i.e. garden work or garage maintenance ...
Since rope is obvious, critical element, dumbwaiters could be quite ancient (e.g., Roman?) – and certainly show up in French books as mont-plats two centuries earliere, e.g., Les Oeuvres Morales et meslees de Plutarque (1572, page 113) – and here is a book in German that old, too: The XVIth Century: A Large Collection of Valuable Books ...