In most contexts, the term “foot binding” describes the ancient Chinese practice of binding girls’ feet to form them to be as small as possible. The practice is believed to have originated sometime in the 1100s, and persisted until well into the 20th century. It is not thought to ...
A steerable foot as support for frames and mirrors, characterized by being constituted by a plate on the outside of which there is a sphere joined to it by a peduncle normal to it and a foot itself ending in a hairpin head that presents in each arm two concave boxes suitable to embrace...
I love learning about the different fashion and hair styles of China during different dynasties. People are still talking about the hair styles of men in the Qing Dynasty, but not in a good way. I've seen pictures of what the hairstyle looked like. The front half of the hair is complete...
… Instead why didn't you use the principle of the tabernacle which works quite effectively with the English. The foot of the mast is set between two flanges that support a pivot that slide into the mast ; a boom or any other spar is set vertically at 2 to 3 foot over the pivot th...
Second, xanthan gum is a polysaccharide, but its glucose is bonded with beta bonds, making it indigestible by humans. This is a roundabout way of me saying that it is *fiber*, the same as the ruffage in all the "organic" lettuce and celery you all seem to fawn over. ...