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A matchbook is a small paperboard folder (known as a matchcover) enclosing a quantity of matches and having a coarse striking surface on the exterior. The folder is opened to access the matches, which are attached in a comb-like arrangement and must be torn away before use in contrast to a matchbox where the matches are loosely packed in the interior tray.
Opened. 22 December 1938. ( 1938-12-22) Closed. 1970. ( 1970) Forbidden City was a Chinese nightclub and cabaret in San Francisco, which was in business from 1938 to 1970, [1] and operated on the second floor of 363 Sutter Street, [2] between Chinatown and Union Square.
Since 2004, Art on the Underground has commissioned artists to create covers for London Underground 's pocket Tube map. [1] These free maps are one of the largest public art commissions in the UK. [2] Over 35 different designs have been produced, with designs from a wide variety of British and international artists. [3]
Acocks Green police station. 21 Yardley Road, Acocks Green. 1909. ( 1909) 52°27′02″N 1°49′09″W. / 52.4505°N 1.8193°W / 52.4505; -1.8193. Built for Yardley Rural District Council, when Acocks Green was in Worcestershire. Decorated with a "three pears" motif from the Worcestershire coat of arms. The station maybe sold off.
The projection of C onto the x-axis is a ramified cover with ramification locus given by x ( x − 1 ) ( x − 2 ) = 0. {\displaystyle x(x-1)(x-2)=0.} This is because for these three values of x the fiber is the double point y 2 = 0 , {\displaystyle y^{2}=0,} while for any other value of x , the fiber consists of two distinct points (over an algebraically closed field ).
Mapback. Mapback is a term used by paperback collectors to refer to the earliest paperback books published by Dell Books, beginning in 1943. The books are known as mapbacks because the back cover of the book contains a map that illustrates the location of the action. Dell books were numbered in series. Mapbacks extend from #5 to at least #550 ...
A map describing the contents of each of the 32 rooms is available for visitors. The Book Loft covers 7,500 square feet of space, and along with books the store sells jigsaw puzzles, posters, and other merchandise. Eighteen music systems each play different music to create a genre-specific soundtrack in each area.
Claudia Otto and Catherine Nicholls, CNN. August 7, 2024 at 5:41 AM. Two people have died and others remain trapped after a hotel collapsed in a village in the heart of western Germany’s Mosel ...