... in buildings generally different from their original contexts Synagogue: a Jewish house of worship Torah: first five books of the Old Testament traditionally ascribed to Moses Transept: an aisle in a church perpendicular to the nave, where the clergy originally stood BYZANTINE ART Early Byzantine Saint Michael the Archangel 174 324 6th C One leaf of an ivory diptych. It was meant to be ... cases forming a web-like design Tapestry: a woven product in which the design and the backing are produced at the same time on a device called a loom Transept: an aisle in a church perpendicular to th...

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... raised" (Hamilton). There were also square pianos in which the strings ran from left to right as on the clavichord. And by 1800, there were upright pianos whose strings ran perpendicular to the keyboard. The dulcimer, the earliest ancestor of the piano, originated shortly after the birth of Christ, in Iran. The basic principles of the piano were illustrated on this ... a German man names Christian Ernst Friederici in 1745. The pyramid piano was the same design of the grand piano copied to vertical form. This made the strings and soundboard mounted perpendicular to the keys, so that they...

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... able to clearly draw what the picture in his mind looked like on paper gave him a huge advantage. Another invention of Leonardo's was a machine for doing simple calculations, called a mechanical calculator, but better known as the abacus. ...

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... manufacturer for remanufactured laser cartridges. The Products Nu •kote International produces more than 1,600 products for use in over 30,000 types of imaging devices. • Typewriter, printer and calculator ribbons, ink rollers, correction tapes • Advanced laser and ink jet cartridge systems and accessories • Copier toners, developers, fuser agents • Thermal fax refill ribbons and cartridges • Replacement ... ...

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