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2. Coffee table - Wikipedia

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   Later coffee tables were designed as low tables, and this idea may have come from the Ottoman Empire, based on the tables in use in tea gardens. As the Anglo-Japanese style was popular in Britain throughout the 1870s and 1880s, [ 5 ] and low tables were common in Japan , this seems to be an equally likely source for the concept of a long low table.

3. Reclaimed lumber - Wikipedia

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   A lounge chair using reclaimed wood. Reclaimed lumber is processed wood retrieved from its original application for purposes of subsequent use. Most reclaimed lumber comes from timbers and decking rescued from old barns, factories and warehouses, although some companies use wood from less traditional structures such as boxcars, coal mines and wine barrels.

4. Table (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   Poker table; Drum tables are round tables introduced for writing, with drawers around the platform. End tables are small tables typically placed beside couches or armchairs. Often lamps will be placed on an end table. Overbed tables are narrow rectangular tables whose top is designed for use above the bed, especially for hospital patients. [12]

5. Roman Empire - Wikipedia

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   Towards the end of his reign, Augustus instituted a 4% tax on the sale of slaves, [228] which Nero shifted from the purchaser to the dealers, who responded by raising their prices. [229] An owner who manumitted a slave paid a "freedom tax", calculated at 5% of value.

6. Mining - Wikipedia

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   Today, the development of major nations such as China and India and technological advances fuel an ever-greater demand. The result is that metal mining activities are expanding, and more and more of the world's metal stocks are above ground in use rather than below ground as unused reserves. An example is the in-use stock of copper. Between ...

7. Coney Island - Wikipedia

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   The CIDC report suggested adding year-round commercial and amusement area, and recommended that property north of Surf Avenue and west of Abe Stark Rink could be rezoned for other uses, including residential. [151] Sitt, a resident of the area, spent more than $100 million to buy land in Coney Island. [153]