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It may be called a slotted spatula or a turner [2] or flipper. [3] The utensil was originally designed as a serving piece rather than a cooking implement. History
In medical applications, "spatula" may also be used synonymously with tongue depressor. [2] The word spatula derives from the Latin word for a flat piece of wood or splint, a diminutive form of the Latin spatha, meaning 'broadsword', and hence can also refer to a tongue depressor. The words spade (digging tool) and spathe are similarly derived.
A pallet inverter or pile turner is a machine that is used to turn over full pallet loads of packages or products. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The term pallet inverter is also used to cover machines that turn the palletised load through 90 degrees only.
Early inventors, including Leonardo da Vinci and Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, toyed with the concept of swimfins, taking their inspiration from ducks' feet. [5] Benjamin Franklin made a pair of early swimfins (for hands) when he was a young boy living in Boston, Massachusetts near the Charles River; they were two thin pieces of wood, about the shape of an artist's palette, which allowed him to ...
A skilled turner can produce a wide variety of objects with five or six simple tools. The tools can be reshaped easily for the task at hand. In many parts of the world, the lathe has been a portable tool that goes to the source of the wood or adapts to temporary workspaces. 21st-century turners restore furniture, continue folk-art traditions ...
A spatula is a cooking utensil. Spatula may also refer to: A utensil for scientific work; Frosting spatula, used for frosting cakes; Fish slice (kitchen utensil) Putty knife, used (by tradesmen) for spreading materials such as window putty, plaster or paint; Palette knife, used (by artists) for spreading or mixing paints (and other art mediums)
Flipper, a remake of the 1963 film starring Paul Hogan and Elijah Wood; Flipper (1964 TV series), an adaptation of the 1963 film which originally ran from 1964 to 1967; Flipper (1995 TV series), a revival of the 1964 series which ran from 1995 to 2000; Flipper, one of the title characters of the Australian animated series Flipper and Lopaka
Icelus spatula, or the spatulate sculpin, is a marine fish in the family Cottidae. It can be found throughout the Arctic and the Northwestern Atlantic. [2] [3]