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Wax foundation was invented by German Johannes Mehring in 1857, [1] a few years after Langstroth designed and patented the Langstroth hive on October 5, 1852. [2] Mehring's wax foundation had only the bottom of the cells, and today's base with the foundation of the cells was invented by US beekeeper Samuel Wagner. [1]
John Paul Jones DeJoria [5] was born the second son of an Italian immigrant father and a Greek immigrant mother [6] on April 13, 1944 [7] in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. His parents divorced by the time he was two years old.
1851, Rembrandt's Night Watch is relined with a wax adhesive. 1852, The cleaning by John Seguier of nine major pictures in the National Gallery, London led to a fierce public outcry and demand for an inquiry. Cleaning controversies followed in London, Paris, Munich, (in the US by 1978, and about the Sistine Chapel by 1985).
John Paul Mitchell Systems was founded in 1980 by John Paul DeJoria and Paul Mitchell. [2] The company was formerly located in Beverly Hills, California; its world headquarters is now in Century City, California, with its operations facility in Santa Clarita, California. The company also operates its Paul Mitchell Schools, with 100 locations ...
The wax model of a head, at the Wicar Museum at Lille, belongs probably to the school of Canova. [15] Wax flower and fruit sculptures were popular in the 1840s and 1850s in Britain, with noted sculptors including the London-based Emma Peachey and the Mintorn family. There was a section for this work at the Great Exhibition of 1851. [16]
A wax coating makes this Manila hemp waterproof. A lava lamp is a novelty item that contains wax melted from below by a bulb. The wax rises and falls in decorative, molten blobs. Sealing wax was used to close important documents in the Middle Ages. Wax tablets were used as writing surfaces.
John Paul Jr. (judge) (1883–1964), American politician and judge; John Paul (minister) (1795–1873), Scottish minister; John Paul (pioneer) (1758–1830), American politician and city founder; John Paul (priest) (1928–2009), Scottish Anglican dean of Moray, Ross and Caithness; John Paul (medical scientist) (1922–1994) biomedical research ...
Edward John Piszek (pronounced PEE-zeck; 24 October 1916 – 27 March 2004) co-founded the Mrs. Paul's frozen foods brand with John Paul, a bread salesman. Piszek bought out his partner in the 1950s. Piszek bought out his partner in the 1950s.