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  2. Los Angeles County Hall of Records - Wikipedia

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    Description. The Hall of Records was estimated to cost $13.7 million in 1961. Counter proposals were made by the Los Angeles County Chief Administrative Officer to preserve the old Hall of Records and move it to the Temple Street location, however, it was estimated that the cost of moving the building would be prohibitively high--$1.5 million ...

  3. Early world maps - Wikipedia

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    The earliest known world maps date to classical antiquity, the oldest examples of the 6th to 5th centuries BCE still based on the flat Earth paradigm. World maps assuming a spherical Earth first appear in the Hellenistic period. The developments of Greek geography during this time, notably by Eratosthenes and Posidonius culminated in the Roman ...

  4. Unusual types of gramophone records - Wikipedia

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    The most common diameter sizes for gramophone records are 12-inch, 10-inch, and 7-inch (300 mm, 250 mm, and 180 mm). [1] Early American shellac records were all 7-inch until 1901, when 10-inch records were introduced. 12-inch records joined them in 1903. [2] By 1910, other sizes were retired and nearly all discs were either 10-inch or 12-inch ...

  5. The Great Wave off Kanagawa - Wikipedia

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    The print is Hokusai's best-known work and the first in his series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, in which the use of Prussian blue revolutionized Japanese prints. The composition of The Great Wave is a synthesis of traditional Japanese prints and use of graphical perspective developed in Europe, and earned him immediate success in Japan and ...

  6. List of individual trees - Wikipedia

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    The tree stood strong and continues to do so after 110 years. The tree is currently over 300 years old. Wonder Balete Balete tree: OISCA Farm in Canlaon, Philippines 1,300 The over 1,300-year-old balete tree (related to banyan trees) is probably the oldest known tree in the country as estimated by botanists from Silliman University.

  7. Edison Disc Record - Wikipedia

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    The Edison Diamond Disc Record is a type of phonograph record marketed by Thomas A. Edison, Inc. on their Edison Record label from 1912 to 1929. They were named Diamond Discs because the matching Edison Disc Phonograph was fitted with a permanent conical diamond stylus for playing them. Diamond Discs were incompatible with lateral-groove disc ...

  8. Sanborn maps - Wikipedia

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    Description. The Sanborn maps themselves are large-scale lithographed street plans at a scale of 50 feet to one inch (1:600) on 21 by 25 inches (53 by 64 cm) sheets of paper. The maps were published in volumes, bound and then updated until the subsequent volume was produced. Larger cities would be covered by multiple volumes of maps.

  9. Print an AOL Calendar - AOL Help

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    To print your calendar, just use the print functionality built into your browser. For most browsers, the print option will be available though the menu button, however, for specific instructions check out your browser's help site. Learn how to print your AOL Calendar and keep a physical copy of your schedule.