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A gavel is a small ceremonial mallet/hammer commonly made of hardwood, typically fashioned with a handle. It can be used to call for attention or to punctuate rulings and proclamations and is a symbol of the authority and right to act officially in the capacity of a presiding officer. [ 1 ]
Gavel is a 2008 sculpture by Andrew F. Scott, depicting a gavel, a mallet used by judges to maintain order in a courtroom and to punctuate rulings. The work is located at the Ohio Judicial Center, home to the Supreme Court of Ohio, situated in Downtown Columbus's Civic Center. The work was considered the largest gavel in the world upon its ...
Thor's gavel (Icelandic: Þórshamar), also known as Ásmundarnautur, is a ceremonial gavel, designed by sculptor Ásmundur Sveinsson, [1] and originally given by Iceland and delivered to the General Assembly of the United Nations by ambassador Thor Thors in 1952. [2]
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A 1960s trip hammer placed at Trattenbach village, Lower Austria The same trip hammer in operation, shaping a folding knife at the strike area. A trip hammer, also known as a tilt hammer or helve hammer, is a massive powered hammer. Traditional uses of trip hammers include pounding, decorticating and polishing of grain in agriculture.
Shown here are: A. Ball-peen hammer B. Straight-peen hammer C. Cross-peen hammer The claw of a carpenter's hammer is frequently used to remove nails. A large hammer-like tool is a maul (sometimes called a "beetle"), a wood- or rubber-headed hammer is a mallet , and a hammer-like tool with a cutting blade is usually called a hatchet .
Anton Gavel (born October 24, 1984), a basketball player; SS Empire Gavel, British name for a German merchantship captured by Britain in WWII and then given to Greece; Erica Gavel (born May 25, 1991), a Canadian wheelchair basketball player; Gavel (sculpture) a 2008 sculpture by Andrew F. Scott; Gavel Fell a hill in England's Lake District
King of the Hammer, made by Andamiro, is a modern high striker game. Instead of a hockey puck, the score is represented by lights that illuminate to show the strength of the hit. Instead of a hockey puck, the score is represented by lights that illuminate to show the strength of the hit.