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Hammacher Schlemmer first began as a hardware store at 221 The Bowery, where it remained from 1848 to 1859.It later moved to 209 The Bowery, remaining from 1859 to 1904. The yellow fever plague of 1822, ascribed to impure water, desolated lower Manhattan and caused business and terrified inhabitants to move out of town to Greenwich Villag
An Italian jewelry casket, 1857, carved walnut, lined with red velvet. A casket [1] is a decorative box or container that is usually smaller than a chest and is typically decorated. In recent centuries they are often used as boxes for jewelry, but in earlier periods they were also used for keeping important documents and many other purposes. [2]
Tombac, or tombak, is a brass alloy with high copper content and 5–20% zinc content. [1] Tin, lead or arsenic may be added for colouration. [2] [3] It is a cheap malleable alloy mainly used for medals, ornament, decoration and some munitions. In older use, the term may apply to brass alloy with a zinc content as high as 28–35%. [1] [4]
There are three major hardware companies in Australia: Bunnings, Mitre 10 and Home Hardware. Home Hardware is a retailers' co-operative and has many banners which store owners trade under. Since the acquisition of Bunnings by Wesfarmers in 1994, the big-box store concept
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Bronze weapon from the Mesara Plain, Crete. Copper came into use in the Aegean area near the end of the predynastic age of Egypt about 3500 BC. The earliest known implement is a flat celt, which was found on a Neolithic house-floor in the central court of the palace of Knossos in Crete, and is regarded as an Egyptian product.