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2. Cork (material) - Wikipedia

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   Harvesting of cork from the forests of Algeria, 1930. Cork is a natural material used by humans for over 5,000 years. It is a material whose applications have been known since antiquity, especially in floating devices and as stopper for beverages, mainly wine, whose market, from the early twentieth century, had a massive expansion, particularly due to the development of several cork-based ...

3. Ye Antient Order of Noble Corks - Wikipedia

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   Ye Antient Order of Noble Corks (American usage) or Ancient & Honourable Societas Korcorum Magnae Britanniae (Noble Order of Corks) (English usage), universally known, informally, as The Cork, is an informal degree allied to Freemasonry. [1] It is described as a "fun" degree, with charitable fund raising as a principal aim.

4. Cork thermal insulation - Wikipedia

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   Different cork-to-sand ratios were considered. The findings indicate that increasing the amount of cork aggregate increases moisture retention, with water buffer values ranging from 0.39 to 1.2 g/(m 2.%HR) and water vapour permeability ranging from 2.7 × 10 −12 to 21.4 × 10 −12 kg/(m s Pa) as density decreases. Cork concrete can be used ...

5. Corked bat - Wikipedia

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   To cork a bat, a hole 1 ⁄ 2 inch (13 mm) in diameter is drilled down through the thick end of the bat roughly 6 inches (150 mm) deep. Crushed cork, bouncy balls, sawdust, or other similar material is compacted into the hole and the end is typically patched up with glue and sawdust. However, this weakens the bat's structural integrity and ...

6. Cork County Council - Wikipedia

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   Cork County Council was established on 1 April 1899 under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 for the administrative county of County Cork. [2] [3] [4] Originally meetings of Cork County Council were held in the back portion of the top floor of Cork Courthouse. [5]

7. American darts - Wikipedia

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   An "American" board is mounted a few inches lower, and a few inches closer, than the more commonly seen "English" board. The center of the cork is 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) from the floor. [1] The distance is set at 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) from the back of the dartboard. This would result in a distance of 106.4 inches (2.70 m) from the center of the cork ...