Curved barbells and straight barbells are the most commonly used in this piercing, while seamless rings are less common.

Curved knives such as this one were used, in the past, for some kinds of amputations.

Curved mirrors are also used, to produce magnified or diminished images or focus light or simply distort the reflected image.

The modern assembly line and its basic concept is credited to Olds, who used it to build the first mass-produced automobile, the Oldsmobile Curved Dash, beginning in 1901.

Curved side glass was used for the first time on a Chrysler compact.

On some picture discs, the images used were meant to create an optical illusion while the record was rotating on the turntable ( as in the B side of Curved Air's Airconditioning ), while others used the visual effect to add to the music — for example, the 1979 picture disc of Fischer-Z's The Worker featured a train which endlessly commuted around the turntable, reinforcing the song's message.

Curved cattle race corral used to guide cattle into a slaughterhouse.

Curved pins have been used for over four thousand years.

Curved lines are generally used to create a sense of flow within an image.

Around the same time Terry Riley used a Rock-Si-Chord, among other keyboard instruments, in his piece A Rainbow in Curved Air.

* Bent gate: Curved gates allow for easier clipping in and out in special situations, such as connecting a rope to a quickdraw.

The rule is named after the 17th-century French mathematician Guillaume de l ' Hôpital, who published the rule in his book Analyse des Infiniment Petits pour l ' Intelligence des Lignes Courbes ( literal translation: Analysis of the Infinitely Small for the Understanding of Curved Lines ) ( 1696 ), the first textbook on differential calculus.

Returning to England, he worked as road manager for the progressive rock band Curved Air's 1974 reunion tour, and then assumed drumming duties for the band during 1975 and 1976.

He received his Ph. D. from the University of Utah College of Engineering in 1971, working with Dave Evans and Ivan Sutherland, for a dissertation entitled Computer Display of Curved Surfaces.

Curved headjoint flutes with displaced keys which are closer together than normal flute keys & holes are also available making it possible for children as young as 3 years old to study the flute through the Suzuki method.

In 1901 Olds designed the Curved Dash Oldsmobile which sold for $ 650. 00.

Curved golden lines dividing the blue part of dial into 12 parts are marks for unequal " hours ".

The car ’ s success was partially by accident-in 1901 a fire destroyed a number of other models before they were approved for production, leaving the Curved Dash the only one intact.

The three papers are Casting Curved Shadows on Curved Surfaces ( 1978 ), Pyramidal Parametrics ( 1983 ) and View Interpolation for Image Synthesis ( 1993 ).

* Curved Bar Award ( 1940 – 1963 ): for Intermediate Girl Scouts who had already received their First Class Rank.

* Jan Hopkins, financial news anchor for CNN ( earned the Curved Bar, a Girl Scout Gold Award predecessor )

Since 1997 roof panels were made from aluminium extrusions at Hydro Marine Aluminium with a bespoke 25m long FSW machine, e. g. for DSB class SA-SD trains of Alstom LHB Curved side and roof panels for the Victoria Line trains of London Underground, side panels for Bombardier's Electrostar trains at Sapa Group and side panels for Alstom's British Rail Class 390 Pendolino trains are made at Sapa Group Japanese commuter and express A-trains, and British Rail Class 395 trains are friction stir welded by Hitachi, while Kawasaki applies friction stir spot welding to roof panels and Sumitomo Light Metal produces Shinkansen floor panels.

The group comprised Manzanera, with Eno on vocals, synth and treatments, Quiet Sun bassist Bill McCormick, Curved Air keyboardist Francis Monkman, 19-year-old drumming prodigy Simon Phillips, and slide guitarist Lloyd Watson, who had previously performed as a solo support act for Roxy Music.

Curved walls enter Baker's architectural vocabulary as a means to enclose more volume at lower material cost than straight walls, and for Laurie, " building more fun with the circle.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts lists works including A Modern Mass for the Dead ( Requiem ) by György Ligeti, A Rainbow in Curved Air by Terry Riley, Volumina by György Ligeti, Wind on Water by Robert Fripp and Brian Eno, Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band by Terry Riley, Cachaca by Patrick Moraz, Shine on You Crazy Diamond ( intro ) by Pink Floyd, Rock and Roll Music by The Beatles, Also sprach Zarathustra ( intro ) by Richard Strauss, Katakomben by Gruppe Between, Space Theme by Stomu Yamashta, Oxygène by Jean Michel Jarre, That's Entertainment by Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz, Over Fire Island by Eno ( with Fripp ), Miracles of the Gods by Absolute Everywhere, Mikrophoniet by Karlheinz Stockhausen, Melodien by György Ligeti, The Engulfed Cathedral by Isao Tomita, Volkstanz by Gruppe Between and What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong.

* Curved stone benches on either side of the Smith Memorial Arch in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, PA.

Image: Diverse type of piercings. jpg | Circular Barbell, Barbell, Ball Closure Ring and Curved Barbell

Curved cattle corrals designed by Temple Grandin are intended to reduce stress in animals being led to slaughter.

Curved along the bottom of the back of the medal are six stars, three on either side of the center column of seven staffs wrapped in a cord.

Curved disc spring is similar to a Belleville except the washer is curved in only one direction, therefore there are only four points of contact.

; Curved seawalls: are designed to enable waves to break to dissipate wave energy and to repel waves back to the sea.

The five named buildings at the site are Curved Wall House, Great House, Holly Tower, Isolated Boulder House and Tilted Tower.

Curved walks are done along a curve, rather than along a straight line.

Curved screens can be made highly reflective without introducing any visible hot spots, if the curvature of the screen, placement of the projector and the seating arrangement are designed correctly.

Curved striations visible with magnification are a dead give away.

Curved sides also allows a person to cook without having to " chase the food around the pan " since bite-sized or finely chopped stir-fry ingredients usually tumble back to the center of the wok when agitated.

The Nahuatl name Itztlacoliuhqui is usually translated into English as " Curved Obsidian Blade ".

* Curved fingerboard ( rosewood ), radius 7. 25 ” / 184 mm, 21 frets

Curved walls provide good lateral stability, forming round rooms and / or domed ceilings like an igloo.

The band was composed of singer / bassist John Wetton ( formerly of King Crimson, Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry's band and Uriah Heep ), keyboardist / electric violinist Eddie Jobson ( formerly of Curved Air, Roxy Music and Frank Zappa's band ), guitarist Allan Holdsworth ( formerly of Tempest, Soft Machine, The New Tony Williams Lifetime and Gong ) and drummer Bill Bruford ( formerly of Yes and King Crimson ), later replaced by drummer Terry Bozzio ( formerly of Frank Zappa's band ).

Terry Riley originally employed the technique of tape looping in the 1950s ; later producing such pieces as " Music For the Gift " ( 1963 ) and " Bird of Paradise " ( 1964 ) and culminating in his use of two tape recorders ( collectively described by Riley as the " Time Lag Accumulator ") in live solo performances to create long delays, during which he would play both saxophone and organ, as heard on the album Reed Streams ( 1966 ) and the piece " Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band " ( on the 1969 album A Rainbow in Curved Air ).

( Curved letters such as a, c, e, m, n, o, r and s tend to exceed the x-height slightly, due to overshoot.

In 1974, he founded the management agency and record label BTM ( for British Talent Management ), and signed a number of progressive rock acts such as Renaissance and Curved Air.