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  2. Amazon statue types - Wikipedia

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    Detail of the Lansdowne Amazon (Metropolitan Museum of Art) A possible fourth is the Lansdowne Amazon, said to have been found in Tor Colombara by Gavin Hamilton, though it may be a variant on the Sciarra-type. Later at Lansdowne House, it is now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The right arm and lower legs have been restored.

  3. Squid giant axon - Wikipedia

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    The large diameter of the axon provided a great experimental advantage for Hodgkin and Huxley as it allowed them to insert voltage clamp electrodes inside the lumen of the axon. While the squid axon is very large in diameter it is unmyelinated which decreases the conduction velocity substantially. The conduction velocity of a typical 0.5 mm ...

  4. List of ancient Roman temples - Wikipedia

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    Temple of Hercules Victor, early circular temple, largely complete; Nymphaeum often called (erroneously) the Temple of Minerva Medica; Temple of Portunus (formerly called the Temple of Fortuna Virilis), near Santa Maria in Cosmedin and the Temple of Hercules Victor; Temple of Romulus, very complete circular exterior, early 4th century – Roman ...

  5. Replicas of the Jewish Temple - Wikipedia

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    The Cardston Alberta Temple, Laie Hawaii Temple, and Mesa Arizona Temple are all designed after the style of Herod's Temple. [19] Others, such as the Salt Lake Temple pay more indirectly homage, by orienting towards Jerusalem and having a large basin used as a baptismal font is mounted on the backs of twelve oxen, as was the Molten Sea of the ...

  6. Fiber cement siding - Wikipedia

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    Blue fiber cement siding HardiePanel on design-build addition, Ithaca NY. Fiber cement siding (also known as "fibre cement cladding" in the United Kingdom, "fibro" in Australia, and by the proprietary name "Hardie Plank" in the United States) is a building material used to cover the exterior of a building in both commercial and domestic applications.

  7. Cladding (construction) - Wikipedia

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    Cladding is the application of one material over another to provide a skin or layer. In construction , cladding is used to provide a degree of thermal insulation and weather resistance , and to improve the appearance of buildings. [ 1 ]

  8. Cressing Temple - Wikipedia

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    Cressing Temple is a medieval site situated between Witham and Braintree in Essex, [1] close to the villages of Cressing and White Notley. It was amongst the very earliest and largest of the possessions of the Knights Templar in England, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and is currently open to the public as a visitor attraction.

  9. Roman temple - Wikipedia

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    The Maison Carrée in Nîmes, one of the best-preserved Roman temples.It is a mid-sized Augustan provincial temple of the Imperial cult. The Temple of Hercules Victor, in the Forum Boarium in Rome, 2nd century BC; the entablature is lost and the roof later.