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  2. Shotgun cartridge - Wikipedia

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    For example, a cartridge containing a 3 or 3 + 12-dram load of black powder was a common hunting field load, and a heavy full-power load would have contained about a 4 to 4 + 12-dram load, whereas a cartridge containing only a 2-dram load of black powder was a common target practice load. A hunter looking for a field or full-power ...

  3. List of musical works in unusual time signatures - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of musical compositions or pieces of music that have unusual time signatures. "Unusual" is here defined to be any time signature other than simple time signatures with top numerals of 2, 3, or 4 and bottom numerals of 2, 4, or 8, and compound time signatures with top numerals of 6, 9, or 12 and bottom numerals 4, 8, or 16.

  4. Gauge (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    The move to steel shot reduced the use of 16 and 20 gauges for waterfowl hunting, and the shorter, 2 + 34-inch (70 mm), 12-gauge shells as well. However, the 3 + 12-inch (89 mm) 12-gauge shell, with its higher SAAMI pressure rating of 14,000 psi (97 MPa) compared to standard 2 + 34-inch (70 mm) and 3-inch (76 mm) 12-gauge shells ...

  5. Shotgun - Wikipedia

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    A typical round for defensive use would be a 12-gauge 2 + 34-inch (7.0 cm) length 00 buck shell, which contains 9 pellets roughly 8.4 millimetres (0.33 in) in diameter, each comparable to a .38 Special bullet in damage potential. New "tactical" buckshot rounds, designed specifically for defensive use, use slightly fewer shot at lower ...

  6. Four-part harmony - Wikipedia

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    Four-voice texture in the Genevan psalter: Old 124th. [1] Play ⓘ. Four-part harmony is music written for four voices, or for some other musical medium—four musical instruments or a single keyboard instrument, for example—for which the various musical parts can give a different note for each chord of the music.

  7. Dragon's breath (ammunition) - Wikipedia

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    When the round is fired, sparks and flames can shoot out to about 100 feet (30 meters), although, some sources claim it extends to 300 feet (91 meters). [1] Dragon's breath is normally chambered in 12-gauge 2 + 34-inch (18.5 mm × 69.9 mm) shot shells. The rounds are safe to fire out of an improved cylinder bore as well as a modified-choke ...

  8. Illiac Suite - Wikipedia

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    Illiac Suite (later retitled String Quartet No. 4) [1] is a 1957 composition for string quartet which is generally agreed to be the first score composed by an electronic computer. [2]

  9. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (soundtrack) - Wikipedia

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    It features music written by Philip Glass and performed by, among others, Kronos Quartet. Sections from the soundtrack have been featured in other films and TV shows, including the piece 'Mishima / Opening', which was used to score the end credits of Peter Weir's 1998 film The Truman Show in addition to an appearance on an episode of Mr. Robot .