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  2. Bar gate - Wikipedia

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    Bar gates, especially manually operated ones, are often counterweighted to allow easier manual control. [7] Bar gates are frequently paired end to end or closely offset to block traffic in both directions. Some bar gates also have a second arm which hangs 30 to 40 cm below the upper arm when lowered to increase approach visibility.

  3. Beverley town walls - Wikipedia

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    The Town Council had North Bar rebuilt in brick between 1409 and 1410, with a portcullis and parapets; the work cost £97 11d. [2] Chains were bought to block entrances and streets, other gateways repaired with brick and iron, and additional "bars" – long pieces of timber – were acquired to protect the entrances to the town. [1] By the time ...

  4. Tally marks - Wikipedia

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    However, the box tally and dot-and-dash tally characters were not accepted for encoding, and only the five ideographic tally marks (正 scheme) and two Western tally digits were added to the Unicode Standard in the Counting Rod Numerals block in Unicode version 11.0 (June 2018). Only the tally marks for the numbers 1 and 5 are encoded, and ...

  5. Beverley Bar - Wikipedia

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    For example, records (extract below) [5] for the year 1420 in which King Henry V visited the town, demonstrate that North Bar was the principal route into the town by the amount of tolls collected. £17- 4s. 8d. received for pavage at the North bar this year by John Fletcher and John Grimsby collectors as appears by their accounts. £2. Is. 9^d ...

  6. Bar (law) - Wikipedia

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    This test is typically referred to as the "patent bar", although the word "bar" does not appear in the test's official name. Unlike the general bar examination, for which graduation from a recognized law school is a prerequisite, the USPTO exam does not require that the candidate have taken any law school courses.

  7. Bargate - Wikipedia

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    The room above the gate itself was probably added shortly after 1400 and the town steward books mention a banquet held there in 1434. [12] It was originally used as the city's guildhall, until the 1770s. [13] It was at this point that the city began to grow to the north of the gate. [14]

  8. Guide bar - Wikipedia

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    Guide bars, or guiding bars [1] are rubber-tyred metro systems that incorporate 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 12 in) standard gauge track. They have angle irons as outside of the two roll ways. The Busan Subway Line 4 lacks a rail track, and has I-beams installed as guide bars. The flanges are vertical.

  9. Automated border control system - Wikipedia

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    The typical work-flow of an automatic border control system (eGate) [1] Automated border control systems (ABC) or eGates are automated self-service barriers which use data stored in a chip in biometric passports along with a photo or fingerprint taken at the time of entering the eGates to verify the passport holder's identity.