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My recently acquired Japanese Sankyo music box 72N 3Airs (72 notes 3 songs)
This glass model is made by the Japanese Music Box Company, NIDEC
It plays 72notes 3 songs by FF Chopin :
polonaise
tristesse
fantasie impromptu op.66
Japan is the only Asian country which manufacture high end mechanical winding music box.
These damn things have always fascinate me. It's interesting to see how the pins on the cylinder pluck the tuned comb as it rotates sounding out the beautifully resonant notes.
By arranging the pins and fashioning the comb teeth to reproduce specific notations in the musical scale it could made to produce an endless array of tunes very much like a mechanical piano. Brilliant idea. These are the great grand father of the record player and CD player.
Another design is by using a rotating disc with specifically cut hooks which strike a star wheel to produce the required musical tones. Both design are mechanical marvels.
I love them all
Montmeló, Barcelona (Spain).
ENGLISH
The pits usually comprise of a pit lane which runs parallel to the start/finish straight and is connected at each end to the main track, and a row of garages (usually one per team) outside which the work is done. Pit stop work is carried out by anywhere from five to twenty mechanics (also called a pit crew), depending on the series, while the driver waits in the vehicle (except where a driver change is involved).
In Formula One, cars make pit stops with the primary purpose of refueling and changing tyres, although during the 2005 season tyre changing during the race was prohibited. Teams sometimes also make adjustments to the front and rear wings and perform minor repairs, most commonly replacing the nose and front wing assembly. Pit strategies generally call for between one and three scheduled stops, depending on the course.
When the car is approximately one lap away from making its stop, the team's pit crew will set up fresh tyres and all needed pit equipment. Because of the overhead fuel and pneumatic rig, the team may have all pit mechanics in position prior to the car's arrival, with the exception of the rear jack man.
A pit stop involves about twenty mechanics, with the aim of completing the stop as quickly as possible. It lasts for six to twelve seconds depending on how much fuel is put into the car. However, if there is a problem, such as a fuel pump failing or the engine stalling, or repairs having to be made, it can take much longer. Cars are fuelled at a rate of more than 12 litres per second. This is accomplished by a fairly complex closed system that pumps air out of the car's fuel tank as the fuel is being pumped in.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pit_stop
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CASTELLANO
Los boxes comprenden el "pit lane", o carril de boxes, que corre paralelo a la recta de salida/meta y conectado a ella por los extremos, y una hilera de garajes (normalmente uno por equipo). El trabajo de la parada en boxes, que se lleva a cabo fuera de los garages, lo realiza un equipo de entre 5 y 20 mecánicos dependiendo del tipo de deporte, mientras el piloto espera en el vehÃculo (excepto cuando hay cambio de piloto).
En Fórmula 1, los coches hacen una parada en boxes con el prpósito principal de recargar combustible y cambiar ruedas, aunque en la temporada 2005 estuvo prohibido el cambio de ruedas. Los equipos a veces hacen ajustes en los alerones delanteros y traseros, asà como reparaciones menores, como cambiar el morro. Las estrategias de boxes suelen comprender entre una y tres paradas, dependiendo de la carrera.
Cuando el coche está a una vuelta de la parada, el equipo de boxes prepara ruedas nuevas y todo el equipamiento necesario. Todos los mecánicos están en sus posiciones cuando llega el coche, excepto el encargado del elevador trasero.
Una parada en boxes implica veinte mecánicos, con el objetivo de completar la parada en el mÃnimo tiempo posible, que son entre seis y doce segundos dependiendo de la cantidad de combustible repostada. Sin embargo, su ocurre un problema como un fallo en la bomba de combustible o una parada de motor, o hay reparaciones adicionales, el tiempo se puede prolongar. Los coches repostan a razón de 12 litros por segundo. Este rápido repostaje se lleva a cabo por un complejo sistema cerrado que bombea aire fuera del depósito a medida que se llena de combustible.
Paper: about A6 thin card bord
Modules: 4 + 4 for box and lid
Model: Tomoko Fuse
Book: Beautiful Boxes 1 p. 78-81 (var. 2)
... both parts ...
BOX DATE: 1997
MANUFACTURER: Mattel
MISSING ITEMS: Bread box, waffle iron half, sponge applicator, jelly jar, 2 forks, 2 spoons, bacon
IMPORTANT NOTES: There was a non color change version of this set called 1998 Food Fun Makin' Breakfast.
SPECIAL FEATURES: Color change food
PERSONAL FUN FACT: My sister and I got these items sometime in 2011. I think they were included in the "Filthy Disney Bin" that we bought at an "indoor yard sale." I could be wrong though...it's been SO many years. I know that we didn't have these pieces as kids, because they are so distinctive. The waffle, eggs, bread, and toast with jam would have been favorite food pieces no doubt. I never had actual separate eggs or bread slices as a child. Barbie could make toast, but you'd have to pretend to take slices from the bread bags. Barbie could eat eggs, but the eggs never left the cartons. And it was the same with waffles. I adore how this set actually comes with those physical food items, rather than just the packaging they'd come in. The color change feature is subtle...not something I ever noticed until I identified these pieces. It is a little sad we are missing the bacon, but for the most part, we have all the best accessories so I cannot complain!
Hexagonal box... Purple top folded from an 8.5 inch wide hexagon gridded in 16ths... Yellow bottom folded from an 8.5 inch square divided in 7ths... It's amazing how it works out that 1/8 * 2 / root(3) is slightly larger than 1/7, thus making the top fit the bottom snugly...
The overlap section between the top and bottom is actually an anti-prism, which means the lid actually holds quite well, and does not fall off even if turned upside-down and shaken with objects inside...
The top is a result of some of the playing around I did on the yellow sheet with the offset double-pleats... It didn't look too good tessellated, but I realized the sides could be wrapped down and turned into a box-top...
The best I found yet for storing small beads and chalk powder.
Beware that they generally do not close quite perfectly, and do not turn your chalk powder box upside down like I did.
Boxes stamped with Yellow Owl Workshop's Cityscape set. Very happy-making.
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This photo is used for editing with kind permission for Craig from "Portraits from Craig"
Original can be found here:
flickr.com/photos/digital_reflection_2/2042034728/?addedc...
Here's another Structure Synth / Sunflow creation. Just a basic fractal. I really like the DOF effects you can get with sunflow.
Cliburn signal box - one of nine on the route - looked after the adjacent level crossing and controlled access into a goods yard which boasted cattle pens and coal handling facilities. There was only a single running line, serving a platform on the Down side. This accommodated the main building, next to which was the station master's house.
Closure came to Cliburn in September 1956 although through trains continued, requiring the signal box to remain open. But the route succumbed on the same day as Stainmore: 22nd January 1962.
The signal box immediately entered a period of decline; its windows smashed and innards gutted. Some repair work was undertaken in the 1970s but 2012 saw its complete refurbishment, opening as a self-catering holiday let with an extension to the rear.
Cake boxes half way made ready for last minute cakes. We put them together part way to save on time on putting them together. Also our hands are pretty icky most of the time and don't want to leave finger prints all over the box. We are able to stack alot more this way then making them completely. If these boxes were totally made it would fill a good sized room. Plus we must slide the cake into the side of the box. If you try to set the cake down into in a completely premade box you would gauge the side of the cake.
The remains of a label on the base of a wooden box originally containing a German-manufacture domestic Magic Lantern projector.
Worth viewing in "All sizes" > "Large" if you want to see the detail better.
The illustration shows a family magic lantern show taking place, with a child taking the part of the lecturer beside the screen.
There are a number of manufacturer's medals shown in the illustration, but these do not necessarily help to date the label itself.
There is what is probably the illustrator or printer's name in the bottom right "Kramer, Stuttgart".
Hexagonal box made of pelmet vilene covered with fabric. Sides decorated with embellished metal on gauze with braid top edging and decorative stitched side and bottom edgings. Top pieces decorated with beads and edged with couched cords and machine stitches. Fastened with cord through each triangle and attached bead used to pull cord tight.
Water flows out from a large aquifer and heading towards the Snake River. This is located in Box Springs State Park in Idaho.
Today I was searching the attic and found this box. It’s been well over 20 years that I did not see this box. It’s like to find a long lost friend!
Dairycoates West box bites the dust. Responsible for the lines to Hull Western Docks.
A grim day, as demolition days usually are. So much heritage, so much history. All gone.
Good job we have film and photos. Taken in the mid-1980s.
Just moments after this pic was taken, the bucket of the JCB pulled down that corner of the roof, and the whole top story of the building collapsed like a pack of cards, suggesting that the wooden uprights at the corners were not all that good to start with.
The portfolio box I made myself for a job interview with a portrait studio. I got a second interview!
A further box visit back in October 2015 was Ulceby Signal Box.
Ulceby had evolved to cover quite a significant area compared with its original area. It had a reduced frame and an IFS panel. There was also room for a panel to cover Brocklesby but this never happened.
Sadly the box was demolished with undue haste following closure, before the local S&T even had time to recover equipment for spares, the box coming down with everything still in place.
One of the new signals can be seen, ready for York ROC to take over.
triangle tin box
JF-535H 140x138x60 mm
Generally, our products fall into 5 categories:
1)Food Container: Chocolate box, tea can, coffee can, candy box, cake box, mooncake box, cookie box, lunch box, handle box, gum box, pepper can, mint tins, cigarette case, mesh box. heart-shape can,
2)Gift Box: Christmas tree case, promotion gift, gift box, candle holder, coin can, money box, music box, watch box, perfume can, jewellery case, sliding box, shoes box, present tin. tin ball, tin toys , car-shape tin, Halloween tin. valentine tin, display box, garment box.
3)Stationery Items: pen case, pen holder, pencil case, glasses case, towel box, tie box, clothes/pants can, cosmetic box, poke/playing card box, metal CD case, CD bag, DVD case, CD holder, DVD holder
4)Home Use Items: Portable ashtray, pocket ashtray, tin coaster, watering can, garbage can, serving tray, tin tray, galvanized pail, iron drum, tin ice bucket, metal ashtray, candle holder, set plant pot and tray, sprayer can, tissue box.
5)Other iron Craftwork: key rings, painting iron craftwork, tin badge, tin sign, keychain, hanging lamp.
Valentine merchandise from the shelves of Dollar Tree. Boxes with velcro closures. I bought both sizes of the Puppy Love box. Jan. 2017.
In our last installment of "The Box", Phillip exaggerated himself and Marble off of the Empire State Building by stating the exaggeration "Our house is made of gingerbread" and so it was.
"AWWWWWWWW!" screamed both Marble and Phillip.
"Muahahahaha!" chanted the ants.
"Marble, I am not that hungry anymore."
"You know what we need to do Phillip."
And they both chanted the exaggeration, "We are stuck in a box, we are stuck in a box."
"Don't forget with a llama named Greg," reminded Phillip.
And so it was, both Marble, Phillip and Greg the llama found themselves still stuck in the box.
The sides of this box are a single plank of wood, almost certainly cedar, that was bent in three places.
How was this done? Well, once the maker had fashioned a plank to tolerances that might challenge a modern furniture maker, the maker cut a groove widthwise across the plank at each of the intended corners. Considerable skill and craftsmanship went into planning the shape of the cut and executing the plan. The groove was deep, but it did not go all the way through the plank. Then the wood was steamed to soften it. When the wood was soft enough, the plank was bent 90 degrees at each of the grooves until the two ends of the plank met. Voilà , a bentwood box!
I'd assume the ends of the plank were fastened to each other right away and, if it were me, I'd attach the bottom promptly to prevent warping.
As for the art, the images are highly stylized animals common to the coastal environment. The iconography also included what some Europeans would call "mythical" creatures, though the First Nations people probably thought of them in different terms.
The selection and combination of images communicated complex and important information about the box's owner and the owner's family and clan.
If you want to study this subject deeply, read The Transforming Image: Painted Arts of Northwest Coast First Nations, by Bill McClellan and Karen Duffek, Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver/Tornonto, University of Washington Press, Seattle (2000).
The Canadian Encyclopedia provides the following information about the Tsimshian peoples:
"The term Tsimshian (Tsim-she-yan, meaning "People of the Skeena") is often broadly applied to all those northern BC Indian groups speaking languages of the Tsimshian language family: NISHGA (or Nisga'a), GITKSAN and the Coast Tsimshian. The latter, sometimes referred to as the Tsimshian Proper, included groups along the lower Skeena River from the Kitselas Canyon and Kitsumkalum (near Terrace) and the adjacent coast south to Milbanke Sound, including Port Simpson, Metlakatla (in the Prince Rupert area), Kitkatla, Hartley Bay and Kitasu. The population of this latter group is 6569 (1996c)."
"In 1887, a group of 825 Tsimshians following missionary William Duncan moved to a site near Ketchikan, Alaska, where they founded the settlement of New Metlakatla. Archaeological excavations in the harbour at Prince Rupert have unearthed the remains of cedar plankhouse villages that date back 5000 years; thus, the Tsimshians claim one of the oldest continuous cultural heritages in the New World. Tsimshian groups are also generally held to be related historically to the Penutian peoples of Oregon and California."
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Pa...
(Capitalized terms in the foregoing quotes are topic links within the online Canadian Encyclopedia. The links are not active here.)
In the collection of the Museum of Northern BC, Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
I've complied with restrictions on the use of flash, and taken photos only when permitted by the museum.
Boxes stamped with Yellow Owl Workshop's Cityscape set. Very happy-making.
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And in more than one box too! Packing up the house this week in advance of a house move.
Today I packed away all of Joannas stuff - clothes, wigs etc etc. De-princessing on a major scale.
I was asked to provide a picture of my mirror box set-up, so here it is.... such as it is. I did try to take some pics of the inside of the box, without the lid on, but being a mirror box, there were so many reflections that the images really weren't very illuminating (hehe..... ) Here is the link to the site where I originally got the idea:
www.flickr.com/photos/ronbrinkmann/sets/72157628242004349...
However, after playing with it a few times, I've developed some of my own preferred techniques, which are slightly different than those he recommends.
Mirror tiles conveniently come in boxes of 6, 12"x12" tiles at most building supply/home improvement stores. I bought mine at Rona, and they were under $20. When you assemble the box, offset the tiles relative to one another (and mirror side in, of course) to make sure that the dimensions remain a consistent 12" along each side, or the bottom and top won't fit. This is a job best accomplished with two pairs of hands. Also make sure to completely seal each seam (I used aluminum duct tape) or light will leak in and create 'hot spots'. Tape a handle to the lid for ease of handling.
A small compact camera (preferably one that has Manual settings for exposure control- I have a Canon SX230) is required; a DSLR would be too big for a mirror box of this size. I made a screen for the camera out of poster board, and cut a hole for the lens to fit through.
I didn't like the effect of using the flash for illumination; too many hot spots. I prefer to use a long exposure (8-15 seconds, depending on the subject and the desired effect) and stroke a beam of light along the gap between the lid and and the box; you can experiment with different kinds of light for different effects.
And that's it! Experiment and Enjoy!
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From Wikipedia:
The Humboldt Box (German: Humboldt-Box) is a futuristic museum structure on the Schloßplatz in the center of Berlin, Germany. It was built as a temporary exhibition space and viewing platform for the Berlin Palace - Humboldt Forum construction project and to inform the public about its future use.
The futuristic five-storey building in the center of Berlin, complete with terraces and a rooftop restaurant overlooking the Lustgarten, is 28 metres (92 ft) high and has an area of 3,000 square metres (32,000 sq ft). It opened on 29 June 2011 and welcomed its 100,000th visitor 50 days later. After completion of the Humboldt Forum, planned for 2019, the structure is slated to be dismantled.
The Humboldt Box features exhibits sponsored by the Friends of the Berlin City Palace (German: Förderverein Berliner Schloss e.V.) and organizations projected to be housed in the future Humboldt Forum, including the Ethnological Museum of Berlin, the Museum of Asian Art, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, various departments of Humboldt University and the Central and Regional Library of Berlin. One floor of the building also serves as a venue for private events. The Humboldt Box was designed by the architectural firm of KSV Krüger Schuberth Vandreike.
As promised I tried Rollei RPX 25 in the Box. The light at noon was really harsh. Unfortunately I still did not have my tripod with me so 3 out of 8 negatives became "motion" pictures :). I have checked the auxiliary lenses of my Box Tengor and they are not as nice as the front lens. I will have to find out how to remove them for a cleaning attempt. Actually the pictures did not show any problem... The Rollei RPX 25 became underexposed at f22 and just about right at f16 - despite the clear sky and direct sunlight. No problem: learning, learning, learning... I can perfectly understand why these boxes became so popular in their time (and actually scaled up film production).
Another room full of boxes after my move. The monitor is not in a box because the box it had been in was all bashed and I took it out to make sure it wasn't broken. It was fine.