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Jack Donovan Foley (April 12, 1891 – November 9, 1967) [2] was an American sound effects artist who was the developer of many sound effect techniques used in filmmaking.He is credited with developing a unique method for performing sound effects live and in synchrony with the picture during a film's post-production.
A metallophone is any musical instrument in which the sound-producing body is a piece of metal (other than a metal string), such as tuned metal bars, tubes, rods, bowls, or plates. Most frequently the metal body is struck to produce sound, usually with a mallet , but may also be activated by friction, keyboard action, or other means.
Women's night caps were usually a long piece of cloth wrapped around the head, or a triangular cloth tied under the chin. [1] Men's nightcaps were traditionally pointed hats with a long top, sometimes with a pom-pom on the end. [1]
A cape is a clothing accessory or a sleeveless outer garment of any length that hangs loosely and connects either at the neck or shoulders. They usually cover the back, shoulders, and arms. They come in a variety of styles [1] and have been used throughout history for many different reasons.
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Shape-memory technologies have shown great promise for cardiovascular stents, since they allow a small stent to be inserted along a vein or artery and then expanded to prop it open. [33] After activating the shape memory by temperature increase or mechanical stress, it would assume its permanent shape.
Hiraki shoji are mounted on hinges in a doorframe, and open like a standard western door. Some are single doors, some double doors. [89] Double doors, whether bifold doors or not, are termed ryōbiraki shoji (両開障子). [90] Tsukuritsuke shoji (造付障子, "fixed shoji"), are often horizontal strips. [6]
Mold gold cape, British Museum. The cape is 458 mm (18.0 in) wide. It was designed to fit someone of a very slight build, perhaps a teenager, and although the sex of the person buried in this grave remains unclear, the associated finds are likely, by comparison with similar contemporary graves discovered, to be those accompanying the burial of a woman. [9]