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  2. Birdcage - Wikipedia

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    A birdcage (or bird cage) is a cage designed to house birds as pets. Antique (or antique-style) birdcages are often popular as collectors' items or as household decor but most are not suitable for housing live birds, being too small, improper shape, using unsafe materials or construction. [ 1 ]

  3. Thaumatrope - Wikipedia

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    Babbage held the coin in front of a mirror, but Herschel showed how both sides were visible when the coin was spun on the table. A few days later Fitton brought Babbage a new illustration of the principle, consisting of a round disc of card suspended between two pieces of sewing silk. This disc had a parrot on one side and a cage at the other side.

  4. Bird Cage Theatre - Wikipedia

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    The Bird Cage Theatre was a theater in Tombstone, Arizona, United States. [1] It operated intermittently from December 1881 to 1894. When the silver mines closed, the theatre was also closed in 1892.

  5. Tip-top table - Wikipedia

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    Birdcage mechanism Snap mechanism. The tables frequently utilized a box ("birdcage") at the top of the pillar, so that the tabletop can be rotated relatively to the tripod. [4] This flexibility allowed for more compact storage: a folded table can be either pushed against a wall with two legs, or oriented with one leg going into a corner. [12]

  6. Lantern clock - Wikipedia

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    A lantern clock is a type of antique weight-driven wall clock, shaped like a lantern. They were the first type of clock widely used in private homes. [1] They probably originated before 1500 but only became common after 1600. [1] They became obsolete in the 19th century.

  7. Singing bird box - Wikipedia

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    An unusual singing bird box by Frères Rochat, ca. 1810. The bird is shown in a tiny cage, not concealed inside the box as usual. A singing bird box (boîte à oiseau chanteur in French) is a box, usually rectangular-shaped, which contains within a miniature automaton singing bird concealed below an oval lid and activated by means of an operating lever.

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