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The sizes of pieces needed for the interlocking frame are shown in the notes within Fig. 7, most of the bars being 1/8'' '' brass in 1/4'' '' and 1/2'' '' widths.
Now place 12 pieces 1/2'' '' sq. on this edge as we did before and space them with the 5-3/4'' '' long `` tappets '', as they are called.
Now unsolder and disassemble the frame except for the two 12'' '' and the first two 3-3/4'' '' bars ( `` A '' and `` B '' pieces ), which are soldered together.
As the work progresses the frame and moving parts become a sort of Chinese puzzle where several pieces must be removed before the part you are working on is accessible.
The first two pieces butt against the inner member of the keelson and are glued and screwed to the brace between the first two frames.
The chines go in the same way except that they are made of two pieces of two-inch wood for strength and easier bending.
Four pieces are used.
Authenticated pieces of Duncan Phyfe furniture are uncommon, although millions of American homes today display pieces patterned after the style trends he set 150 years ago.
The strange, delightful little character pieces with their odd and sometimes inexplicable titles are still evocative and gracious.
Mr. Sansom is English, bearded, formidably cultivated, the versatile author of numerous volumes of short stories, of novels and of pieces that are neither short stories nor travel articles but something midway between.
The pieces in this decomposition, constructed using the axiom of choice, are non-measurable sets.
Roofs are constructed from Alpine rocks such as pieces of schist, gneiss or slate.
The pieces are carefully heated with exclusion of air and then compressed into a uniform mass by intense hydraulic pressure ; the softened amber being forced through holes in a metal plate.
Among his epic poems, we possess the titles and some fragments of three pieces: the Fisherman, Kirka or Krika, which, however, is designated by Athenaeus as doubtful, and Helena, Of his elegies, some beautiful fragments are still extant.
Only pitifully small pieces of land are gained, about the size of a football field, which are often lost again later.
Subsequently, all these ingredients are covered with leaves and damp pieces of cloth so as to ensure heat preservation.
Picadas, which are consumed at home or in bars, cafés, " cafetines " and " bodegones " are also popular ; they consist of an ensemble of plates containing cubes of cheese ( typically from Mar del Plata or Chubut ), pieces of salame, olives in brine, french fries, maníes ( peanuts ), etc.
Among these are pieces for piano four hands that are popular among amateur pianists.
They constitute what is generally regarded as one of the greatest of Beethoven's piano pieces and as the greatest set of variations of their time, and are generally known simply as the Diabelli Variations, Op.
He composed also a number of different works including many art songs in different languages and a number of important piano pieces, like the five " Doloras " ( 1914 ), which he later orchestrated and are normally played in concerts in Chile and Latinamerica.
The pieces are aligned and pressure is added to aid in adhesion and rid the bond of air bubbles.

pieces and captured
Accounts of the Ethiopian artillery deployed at Adwa differ ; Russian advisor Leonid Artamonov wrote that it comprised 42 Russian mountain guns supported by a team of fifteen advisers, but British historians suggest that the Ethiopian guns were Hotchiss and Maxim pieces captured from the Egyptians or purchased from French and other European suppliers.
The player with the most captured pieces is the winner.
The board is tightly packed at the start of the game ; as more pieces are captured, the board frees up, often allowing multiple captures to take place in a single move.
Superman captured the two small pieces of kryptonite, one from a fake swami ( pretending to " hex " Superman with it ) and another he purchased from a jewelry store, and threw them into Metropolis ' river.
According to The Chess Variant Pages &# x200A ;: Perhaps the enduring popularity of Shogi can be attributed to its ' drop rule '; it was the first chess variant wherein captured pieces could be returned to the board to be used as one's own.
The stands on either side are komadai used to hold captured pieces.
When an Immobilizer comes into contact with an Enemy Chameleon or Immobilizer, the two pieces freeze each other, after which neither can move unless the other is captured.
) Although the Pushers and Pullers are not capable of capture, their pushing and pulling maneuvers can result in other pieces being forced to make captures, regardless of the captured one being a friendly or enemy piece.
As is usual for most pieces of the Baroque family, the Advancer will not enter into the space vacated by the captured piece, it merely runs up to it, and stops short by 1 square.
* When an opponent stone is captured, all opponent pieces in line behind that stone ( as long as there is no interruption by an empty point or an own stone ) are captured as well.
Bishops are usually considered slightly better than knights in open positions, such as toward the end of the game when many of the pieces have been captured, whereas knights have an advantage in closed positions.
It is not meaningful to assign a value to the king relative to the other pieces, as it cannot be captured or exchanged.
Bishops usually gain in relative strength towards the endgame as more pieces are captured and more open lines become available for them to operate.
Hugh Despenser the elder had been captured at Bristol, and despite some attempts by Isabella to protect him, was promptly executed by his Lancastrian enemies – his body was hacked to pieces and fed to the local dogs.
The choice of promotion is not limited to pieces that have previously been captured.
While some finer sets do include an extra queen of each color, most standard chess sets do not come with additional pieces, so the physical piece used to replace a promoted pawn on the board is usually one that was previously captured.
Forrest sent a full charge after the retreating army and captured 16 artillery pieces, 176 wagons and 1, 500 stands of small arms.
Within 36 hours the French had taken 11, 387 prisoners, including 284 officers, and captured 115 artillery pieces.
Multiple opposing pieces may be captured in a single turn provided this is done by successive jumps made by a single piece ; these jumps do not need to be in the same direction but may zigzag changing diagonal direction.
The following is a list of artillery pieces captured by Forrest:
When castling those pieces are the king and rook, and in capturing moves they are the capturing and the captured piece.
By identifying each square with reference to the player on move, descriptive notation better reflects the symmetry of the game's starting position (" both players opened with P-K4 and planned to play B-KN2 as soon as possible "), and because the pieces captured are named, it is easy to skim over a game record and see which ones have been taken at any particular point.
There are no pawn promotions and the king can be captured as other pieces.

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