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SCREENS CAN SOLVE PRIVACY PROBLEMS, CREATE A NEW LOOK.(Lifestyle)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
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January 22, 2000
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The folding screen, which was invented thousands of years ago in China, remains a wonderfully versatile, useful piece of furniture. In fact, I've found no better way to create a flexible zone of privacy, hide an unpleasant object or view, or change the look of a room without permanently changing the room itself.
Ideas for using screens: A folding screen provides a simple, attractive solution to a number of design challenges:
-- Set a screen beside an armchair or rocking chair to form a cozy reading nook.
-- Use a screen to turn a portion of a ...
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Willowbrook jars Leyden, ends skid
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York's DeVae jars Leyden
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IN A FLASH, LIGHTNING MEMORIES ARE BACK.(Lifestyle)(Column)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
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Plus and Minus: Franklin's Zero-Sum Way of Thinking1
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The blacksmith's motor.(includes related article on rotating electric machines)(electric motor inventor Thomas Davenport)
Magazine article from: Mechanical Engineering-CIME
; ...experimented with static electricity from Leyden jars and with electricity from the sky...electricity batteries such as the Leyden jar had provided only sudden electric...relying on an erratic spark in a Leyden jar. In 1820, the Danish experimenter...
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The blacksmith's motor
Magazine article from: Mechanical Engineering
; ...experimented with static electricity from Leyden jars and with electricity from the sky...electricity batteries such as the Leyden jar had provided only sudden electric...relying on an erratic spark in a Leyden jar. In 1820, the Danish experimenter...
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Interview: Michael Brian Schiffer discusses the history of electrical discovery through the work of Benjamin Franklin
Transcript from: NPR Talk of the Nation Science Friday
; ...operation of what was then called the Leyden jar, which today we call a capacitor...SCHIFFER: Well, the capacitor, or the Leyden jar... FLATOW: Right. Prof...ingenious experiment. He used a Leyden jar that had water on the inside...
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A few famous kite fliers
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
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SEATTLE STUDENT'S INVENTION WINS ACCOLADES AS A CHILDREN'S PROJECTSIMPLE APPARATUS CAN GENERATE LIGHTNING BOLTS.(Lifestyle)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
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