On her bureau lay a small, brass ornament of simple design and faded engraving -- an object which, Pamela believed now, had been the property of her great-grandfather, Major Hiram Munroe Culver.

* DZR brass is dezincification resistant brass with a small percentage of arsenic.

The clavichord produces sound by striking brass or iron strings with small metal blades called tangents.

The action is simple, with the keys being levers with a small brass tangent, a small piece of metal similar in shape and size to the head of a flat-bladed screwdriver, at the far end.

The nut is a small strip of bone, plastic, brass, corian, graphite, stainless steel, or other medium-hard material, at the joint where the headstock meets the fretboard.

With the percussion cap mechanism, the small primer charge of gunpowder used in all preceding small arms was replaced by a completely self-contained explosive charge contained in a small brass " cap ".

A major innovation in small arms and light artillery came in the second half of the 19th century when ammunition, previously delivered as separate bullets and powder, was combined in a single metallic ( usually brass ) cartridge containing a percussion cap, powder, and a bullet in one weatherproof package.

* La Passione ( 2000 – 02 ) ( text by Dino Campana ) for female jazz voice, violin, small orchestra ( 7 winds, 7 brass, electric guitar, cimbalom, 2 pianos, synthesizer, 2 percussion, 3 violins, bass guitar )

* Racconto dall ' inferno ( 2004 ) ( text by Dante Alighieri ) for female jazz voice, small orchestra ( 8 winds, 6 brass, guitar, cimbalom, 2 pianos, 2 percussion, minimum 8 strings, bass guitar ).

There are a number of specialist units within the Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince, which include a motorcycle section ( for rapid-response and motorcycle outriding ); a bodyguard and protection unit ; a diving unit with military, rescue, and scientific capabilities ; a military first-aid unit which provides first-aid and ambulance cover at public and sporting events ; and a military band, which includes state trumpeters, a brass ensemble, and a small orchestra, as well as being a marching band for ceremonial purposes.

A small orchestra with fifteen to thirty members ( violins, violas, cellos, double basses, and several woodwind or brass instruments ) is called a chamber orchestra In the American education system, sitting groups are known as wind ensembles or concert bands ( to differentiate from marching bands ).

Other applications are in batteries, small non-structural castings, and alloys, such as brass.

La despertà: a brass band marches through a small street in the early morning.

Some common group settings include music for Full Orchestra ( consisting of just about every instrument group ), Wind Ensemble ( or Concert Band, which consists of larger sections and greater diversity of wind, brass and percussion instruments than are usually found in the orchestra ), or a chamber group ( a small number of instruments, but at least two ).

Floats can be made of different materials, such as sheet brass soldered into a hollow shape, or of plastic ; hollow floats can spring small leaks and plastic floats can eventually become porous and lose their flotation ; in either case the float will fail to float, fuel level will be too high, and the engine will not run unless the float is replaced.

While on Earth, Professor Bernardo de la Paz purchases a small brass cannon, originally a " signal gun " of the kind used in yacht racing.

Heinlein himself owned a small brass cannon, which he acquired prior to the 1960s.

An inkwell is a small jar or container, often made of glass, porcelain, silver, brass, or pewter, used for holding ink in a place convenient for the person who is writing.

The composers, backed by a small brass section and a live drummer, performed a large number of their BBC-commissioned musical works including sections of incidental music from The Hitch Hikers ' Guide to the Galaxy and Doctor Who ( including a medley of Mark Ayres's work ) as well as some collaborative compositions written specifically for the Roundhouse concert.

The percussion cap is a small cylinder of copper or brass with one closed end.

A small square ground plaque inscribed only with " BURT LANCASTER 1913-1994 " marks his final resting place.

There is a memorial plaque to him in the small village church of Strensham, Worcestershire, near the town of Upton upon Severn, his birthplace.

A plaque and small garden commemorate the famed execution site and all those who were executed there, many as religious martyrs or as prisoners of conscience.

Down and across the street from the parish the facade of the former home of Margaret Roper and her husband William Roper survives and is marked by a small plaque.

An alley in a very crowded area of downtown Santiago, Chile is named after the town of Lidice too, and one of the buildings there has a small plaque that explains its tragic story.

Komarov's name also appears on a plaque left at Hadley Rille on the Moon by the commander of Apollo 15, David Scott, along with a small sculpture representing the " Fallen Astronaut " on August 1, 1971.

* There is a plaque on the house in Spodnje Pirniče where he was born, which has also been turned into a small museum.

The Niagara Scow has rested approximately 700 meters from the edge of the falls since it was caught against a rock shoal in 1918, and a plaque today informs tourists of the history of the small shipwreck that has sat perched just above the falls for nearly a century without being dislodged.

Arteriosclerosis is a general term describing any hardening ( and loss of elasticity ) of medium or large arteries ( from the Greek arteria, meaning artery, and sclerosis, meaning hardening ); arteriolosclerosis is any hardening ( and loss of elasticity ) of arterioles ( small arteries ); atherosclerosis is a hardening of an artery specifically due to an atheromatous plaque.

She suggested as well that a new generation of caretakers may have failed to realize that the small 5 1 / 2 " x 6 " McDaniel plaque that did not look like the traditional tall Oscar, was in fact an Oscar.

In May 2012, borough officials in Palisades Park rejected requests by two diplomatic delegations from Japan to remove a small monument from a public park, a brass plaque on a block of stone, dedicated in 2010 to the memory of the 200, 000 comfort women forced into sexual slavery by Japanese soldiers during World War II.

In the middle of the park is a small stone monument with a metal plaque dedicated to the memory of Henry Miramontes.

* A small park in the center of town was created in the 1960s to honor Walter M. Schirra, Jr., astronaut, marked by a plaque that reads " Home of Commander Walter M. Schirra, Jr., USN, the first Jerseyman to orbit the Earth, Oct 3, 1962 ".

Marriages may be commemorated here on a small plaque in the ground in front of the tower.

A small plaque was unveiled in his memory on 19 April 1969 on the site of his cottage, now rebuilt as a branch of Lloyds TSB, situated on the junction of Hare Street and Balgores Lane.

* Plaquette, a small decorative plaque in metal, ceramics, or other materials

There is a small plaque on the wall telling of the hospital which stood on the site 700 years ago.

The story of the gong is engraved in the small plaque in front and the park around it is populated with shrub species typically found in the Tropics.

A small stone plaque marks the position.

The site remained unmarked until 2006, when a small plaque was installed with a schematic of the bunker to mark the location.

On June 8, 2006, due to the 2006 FIFA World Cup, a small plaque was installed to mark the location.

The plaque, with a schematic of the bunker, can be found at the corner of In den Ministergärten and Gertrud-Kolmar-Straße, two small streets about three minutes ' walk from Potsdamer Platz.

In May 2012, officials in Bergen County's borough of Palisades Park, New Jersey rejected requests by two diplomatic delegations from Japan to remove a small monument from a public park, a brass plaque on a block of stone, dedicated in 2010 to the memory of comfort women, thousands of women, many Korean, who were allegedly forced into prostitution by Japanese soldiers during World War II.

Frank Whittle ( 1907 – 96 ), the jet engine pioneer, was born in Earlsdon in a terraced house on Newcombe Road, which is marked out by a small grey commemorative plaque.