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Danner invented the John Danner Revolving Bookcase, a pivot and post revolving bookcase. He patented the bookcase on May 16, 1876. [1] [2] [3] His bookcase hangs suspended from a simple cast iron bearing which sits on top of an inner column or post. The revolving mechanism consists of two nesting cast iron cones that provide a precise pivot ...
Revolving bookcases were popularized in Buddhist monasteries during the Song dynasty under the reign of Emperor Taizu, who ordered the mass printing of the Buddhist Tripiṭaka scriptures. [5] An illustration of a revolving bookcase is depicted in Li Jie's architectural treatise the Yingzao Fashi. [5]
Bookwheel, from Agostino Ramelli's Le diverse et artificiose machine, 1588. The bookwheel (also written book wheel and sometimes called a reading wheel) is a type of rotating bookcase that allows one person to read multiple books in one location with ease.
Its unique appearance (Tabard Inn design [2]) was a tall wooden revolving bookcase with a square shake roof as a hip roof including two link dormers. Some were made from mahogany or quartered oak. [50] It could hold 75, 125, 250, and 500 books. [2]
This holiday decor item has ice skaters twirling around a rotating tree, a moving train and a beautiful mountain town. The base is about 13×13 inches in size, while the entire piece is 18 inches ...
The company is best known for their high-end bookcases, Desks, and other office furniture. Globe Wernicke established factories in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France and Germany. The company patented the "elastic bookcases" also known as a modular bookcase or barrister's bookcase. These were high-quality stacking book shelves ...