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Hereford Cathedral
The Chained Library at Hereford Cathedral is a unique and fascinating treasure in Britain’s rich heritage of library history; there were books at Hereford Cathedral long before there was a ‘library’ in the modern sense.
The cathedral’s earliest and most important book is the 8th-century Hereford Gospels; it is one of 229 medieval manuscripts which now occupy two bays of the Chained Library.
The chaining of books was the most widespread and effective security system in European libraries from the Middle Ages to the 18th century, and Hereford Cathedral’s 17th-century Chained Library is the largest to survive with all its chains, rods and locks intact.
A chain is attached at one end to the front cover of each book; the other end is slotted on to a rod running along the bottom of each shelf. The system allows a book to be taken from the shelf and read at the desk, but not to be removed from the bookcase.
The books are shelved with their foredges, rather than their spines, facing the reader (the wrong way round to us); this allows the book to be lifted down and opened without needing to be turned around – thus avoiding tangling the chain.
The specially designed chamber in the New Library Building not only means that the whole library can now be seen in its original arrangement as it was from 1611 to 1841, but also allows the books to be kept in controlled environmental conditions according to modern standards of presentation.
The Széchenyi Chain Bridge is a suspension bridge that spans the River Danube between Buda and Pest, the western and eastern sides of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. Designed by the English engineer William Tierney Clark, it was the first permanent bridge across the Danube in Hungary, and was opened in 1849.
It is anchored on the Pest side of the river to Széchenyi (formerly Roosevelt) Square, adjacent to the Gresham Palace and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and on the Buda side to Adam Clark Square, near the Zero Kilometre Stone and the lower end of the Castle Hill Funicular, leading to Buda Castle.
The bridge has the name of István Széchenyi, a major supporter of its construction, attached to it, but is most commonly known as the Chain Bridge. At the time of its construction, it was regarded as one of the modern world's engineering wonders.[citation needed] It has asserted an enormous significance in the country's economic, social and cultural life, much as the Brooklyn Bridge has in New York and United States of America.
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Chain carousels were among the most popular rides at German fairgrounds from the early decades until the 1960s. The carousels of the time were mostly characterised by their high tower-like construction. In the 1950s, with the advent of space travel, some rides were designed as globes. Even today, a chain carousel is still part of almost every funfair.
In 1972, the Zierer company developed the wave ride. This form of chain carousel is the most widespread today.
Kettenkarussells gehörten ab den ersten Jahrzehnten bis in die sechziger Jahre des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts zu den beliebtesten Fahrgeschäften auf deutschen Festplätzen. Die damaligen Karussells fielen meist vor allem durch ihre hohe turmartige Konstruktion auf. In den 1950er Jahren, mit Aufkommen der Weltraumfahrt, wurden manche Geschäfte als Globen gestaltet. Auch heute gehört ein Kettenkarussell noch zu fast jeder Kirmes.
1972 wurde bei der Firma Zierer der Wellenflug entwickelt. Diese Form des Kettenkarussells ist die heute am weitesten verbreitete.
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We were standing all alone
You were leaning in to speak to me
Acting like a mover shaker
Dancing to Madonna then you kissed me
And I think about it all the time
Sweet temptation rush all over me
And I think about it all the time
Passion desire so intense I can't take anymore because
I feel the magic all around you
It's bringing me to my knees
Like a wannabe
I've got to be chained to you
And when you look into my eyes
Felt a sudden sense of urgency
Fascination casts a spell and
you became more than just a mystery
And I think about you all the time
Is this fate is it my destiny
That I think about you all the time
I no longer pretend to have my hand on the wheel because
I feel the magic all around you
It's bringing me to my knees
Like a wannabe
I've got to be chained to you
And I think about it all the time
And I think about it all the time
Tell me it's madness I barely know you
We were standing all alone
You were leaning in to speak to me
Ten steps back you're still a mystery
Acting like a mover shaker
Dancing to Madonna then you kissed me
I can't take anymore because
I feel the magic all around you
It's bringing me to my knees
Like a wannabe
I've got to be chained to you
Tell me it's madness
I barely know you
A bit of a new direction here, thanks to Nicole (www.flickr.com/photos/42756235@N02/)
and Steveblackdog (www.flickr.com/photos/steveblackdog/) for encouragement and inspiration.
Chain ferns in the lush laurel forest on La Gomera in the Canary Islands. Each frond is about 4 feet long.
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Didn't think I'd find a chain that was worth photographing for the group. ..but found this in my messy drawer... a keychain .. and with a star, too!
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One glorious chain of love,
of giving and receiving,
unites all creatues.
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Me and my friend Simone (artist and performer) are starting a musical project, an electronic-trip-hop duo whose name will be MONONOKE....
I made this photo imagining it to be the possible cover for a future music album of us.
*too excited*
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I had almost forgotten that I had got this necklace when I went hunting for an interesting chain for Macro Mondays. I remember admiring it in a large department store for several weeks before I had enough money to buy it back in the 1980’s. It’s not real gold or pearls but when you have had to save up to buy something you appreciate it a lot more.