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During the 18th and 19th centuries, cast iron was a cheaper engineering material than wrought iron because it did not require intensive refining and working with hammers, but it was more brittle and inferior in strength. Nevertheless, its load-bearing strength made it the first important structural metal, and it was used in some of the earliest skyscrapers. 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Milo completed his studies of art, ever since then he worked as a freelance artist. 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He leans forward, with his elbow on his knee and hand supporting his chin. Clearly focused, he intently casts his eyes downward. Known as The Thinker, this bronze sculpture represents the creative mind at work. Although the figure is seated, he is not at rest. As Auguste Rodin (ah-GOOST roe-DEN), the French artist who created this sculpture, stated, “What makes my Thinker think is that he thinks not only with his brain, with his knitted brow, his distended nostrils, and compressed lips, but with every muscle of his arms, back, and legs, with his clenched fist and gripping toes.” By choosing to depict The Thinker as a strong, athletic figure, Rodin conveyed that the act of thinking is a powerful exercise.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Thinker was originally conceived as part of Rodin’s design for a set of bronze doors for a museum in Paris. This figure represented Dante Alighieri, an early Italian Renaissance poet. Rodin depicted Dante reflecting on The Divine Comedy, his epic poem about heaven, hell, and the fate of all humankind. However, the sculpture ultimately came to symbolize everyone who utilizes their imagination to create, artists, writers, scientists, and many others. Rodin himself identified with The Thinker, and a version of the sculpture still overlooks his tomb today.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003ePot Metal, Also known as monkey metal, white metal, or die-cast zinc is a colloquial term that refers to alloys of low melting point metals that manufacturers use to make fast inexpensive castings. The term \"pot metal\" came about due to the practice at automobile factories in the early 20th century of gathering up non-ferrous metal scraps from the manufacturing processes and melting them in one pot to form into cast products. 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Initially, the wire was used in jewellery. Metal strips would be pushed through holes in stone beads so the metal would fold over into a tube shape. The first wire mills began to pop up in England in the 1500s. As time passed and human technology became more sophisticated, wire began to be used for electrical purposes and to be made into wire ropes.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #f3f3f3;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen Were Baskets Invented?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTraditionally made out of stiff, fibrous materials, baskets have been around for just about as long as human civilization. Archaeological evidence shows that weaving techniques used to make baskets date back at least 10,000 years in what is currently the Middle East. Since then, not much about baskets has fundamentally changed. 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It was first described by Dutch-German botanist Karl Ludwig Blume in 1833.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt grows along the banks of freshwater rivers and streams in Thailand, Malaysia, India and China.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt is a true aquatic plant, meaning that it can grow and thrive while completely immersed in water. It can also be grown with the leaves sticking out of the water, but the rhizome and roots have to stay underwater at all times or the plant will dry out and die.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #f3f3f3;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eItem Code - BRO3C223CG \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #f3f3f3;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWidth: 11\"  Height: 13 1\/16\"  Depth: 5\"  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight: 2.781 kg\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":16774382465,"sku":"BRO3C223CG","price":124.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1191\/7728\/products\/Iron_figural_group_of_fish._H13_W122.jpg?v=1575510161"},{"product_id":"bronze-bird-sculpture-gilt-chinese-19th-century","title":"Bronze Bird Sculpture, Gilt, Chinese, 19th Century.","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBronze Bird Sculpture, Gilt, Chinese, 19th Century.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eThe long period of the Bronze Age in China, which began around 2000 B.C., saw the growth and maturity of a civilization that would be sustained in its essential aspects for another 2,000 years. In the early stages of this development, the process of urbanization went hand in hand with the establishment of social order. In China, as in other societies, the mechanism that generated social cohesion, and at later stage statecraft, was ritualization. As most of the paraphernalia for early rituals were made in bronze and as rituals carried such an important social function, it is perhaps possible to read into the forms and decorations of these objects some of the central concerns of the societies (at least the upper sectors of the societies) that produced them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eThere were probably a number of early centres of bronze technology, but the area along the Yellow River in present-day Henan Province emerged as the centre of the most advanced and literate cultures of the time and became the seat of the political and military power of the Shang dynasty (ca. 1600–1050 B.C.), the earliest archaeologically recorded dynasty in Chinese history. The Shang dynasty was conquered by the people of Zhou, who came from farther up the Yellow River in the area of Xi’an in Shaanxi Province. In the first years of the Zhou dynasty (ca. 1046–256 B.C.), known as the Western Zhou (ca. 1046–771 B.C.), the ruling house of Zhou exercised a certain degree of “imperial” power over most of central China. With the move of the capital to Luoyang in 771 B.C., however, the power of the Zhou rulers declined and the country divided into a number of nearly autonomous feudal states with nominal allegiance to the emperor. The second phase of the Zhou dynasty, known as the Eastern Zhou (771–256 B.C.), is subdivided into two periods, the Spring and Autumn period (770–ca. 475 B.C.) and the Warring States period (ca. 475–221 B.C.). 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An advantage of this rather cumbersome way of casting bronze was that the decorative patterns could be carved or stamped directly on the inner surface of the mould before it was fired. 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In later life, he retired to become a priest.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003eMonsieur de Treville\u003c\/span\u003e was based on the historical Jean-Armand du Peyrer, Compte de Troisville (or Treville). A Gascon born in Oloron-Sainte-Marie, he was the son of an old military family ennobled only in 1607 by the purchase of a seigneurie (Trois Villes). Treville entered the royal army as a young cadet, and by virtue of his great skill as a soldier, a duelist and a courtier, became commander of the king's Musketeers in 1624. He recruited many of his relatives (see above) as Musketeers. He was involved in a plot to assassinate Cardinal Richelieu in 1642 and was thereafter banished by the King.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003eKing Louis XIII\u003c\/span\u003e ruled France from 1610 (upon the assassination of his father, Henry IV) until his death in 1643. He married Anne of Austria, daughter of King Phillip III of Spain, in 1615. They were both 14 years old. Though theirs was not a happy marriage, it did produce a son, the future Louis XIV. Louis XIII ruled France, initially with the unwanted help of his mother, Marie de Medici, and later, with the trusted help of his chief minister and right-hand man, Cardinal Richelieu.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003eQueen Anne of Austria \u003c\/span\u003ewas the daughter of King Phillip III of Spain and Margaret of Austria. She and her husband, Louis XIII, did not have their first child, Louis XIV until Anne was thirty-seven years old. She was generally considered to be brilliant, cunning and beautiful (her hands especially), with a love for magnificent jewellery. She became Queen Regent upon the death of Louis XIII until their son came of age in 1651.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003eMilady de Winter \u003c\/span\u003ewas probably based on Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle. An Englishwoman, she used her wit and beauty to her benefit in many intrigues during the English Civil War. She was romanced briefly by the Duke of Buckingham, who threw her over in favour of Anne of Austria. In revenge, she became an agent of Cardinal Richelieu and worked to sabotage the treaty between France and England. She was imprisoned for political reasons following the beheading of Charles I in England.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003eThe Duke of Buckingham, \u003c\/span\u003ealso known as George Villiers, was a favourite of James I of England. His appointment as Duke of Buckingham made him the highest-ranking noble outside of the royal family. He retained his post under James' successor, Charles I. A series of failed military campaigns seriously damaged his reputation, and he was eventually murdered by John Felton, one of his own soldiers.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003eCardinal Richelieu \u003c\/span\u003ewas born in Paris in 1585. In 1606 he was appointed Bishop of Luçon, and in 1622 he became a Cardinal. 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They're surprisingly powerful birds\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"indent\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeral pigeons are the same species as pigeons bred to race, and some racers have sold for more than $300,000 a bird.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrained racing pigeons can fly at speeds up to 110 miles per hour for long stretches thanks to their impressive breast muscles. Those massive breast muscles account for one-third of their total body weight!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bullet\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #f3f3f3;\"\u003e2. 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