Peter Thumb (18 December 1681 – 4 March 1766) was an Austrian architect and master builder whose family came from Bezau, Vorarlberg, in the westernmost...
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The thumb is the first digit of the hand, next to the index finger. When a person is standing in the medical anatomical position (where the palm is facing...
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(January 4, 1838 – July 15, 1883), better known by his stage name "General Tom Thumb", was an American with dwarfism who achieved great fame as a performer under...
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Tom Thumb was the first American-built steam locomotive to operate on a common-carrier railroad. It was designed and constructed by Peter Cooper in 1829...
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A thumb signal, usually described as a thumbs-up or thumbs-down, is a common hand gesture achieved by a closed fist held with the thumb extended upward...
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Hop-o'-My-Thumb (Hop-on-My-Thumb), or Hop o' My Thumb, also known as Little Thumbling, Little Thumb, or Little Poucet (French: Le Petit Poucet), is one...
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up thumb or thumbs in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The thumb is the first digit of the human hand. Thumb or Thumbs may also refer to: ARM Thumb, an...
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Tom Thumb and Thumbelina is a 2002 American animated fantasy film directed by Glenn Chaika and starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, Elijah Wood, Peter Gallagher...
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Tom Thumb is a character of English folklore. The History of Tom Thumb was published in 1621 and was the first fairy tale printed in English. Tom is no...
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De Quervain syndrome (redirect from Blackberry thumb)
control movement of the thumb become constricted by their tendon sheath in the wrist. This results in pain and tenderness on the thumb side of the wrist. Radial...
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Tom Thumb (stylised as tom thumb) is a 1958 British musical fantasy film produced and directed by George Pal, and released by MGM. The film, based on the...
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Gugger von Staudach. Completed in 1767, the cathedral was designed by Peter Thumb, who also designed the Abbey's famous library. Among its rich decorations...
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monastery. The new structures, including the cathedral by architect Peter Thumb (1681–1766), were designed in the late Baroque style and constructed...
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names such as Tommy Thumb Songs and Mother Goose Songs. The first known book containing a collection of these texts was Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book,...
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onion towers ("Zwiebeltürme") was built in the 1720s. The architect was Peter Thumb, and the opulent Baroque decoration was by Franz Joseph Spiegler (55...
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a SC Thumb mockup that looked promising for the rest of the members. This gave the idea to Florin Barbu, the forum host, to contact Hans-Peter Wilfer...
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completely new, baroque nunnery complex was built according to plans by Peter Thumb, under the abbess Maria Franziska Cajetana von Zurthannen, who came from...
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ARM architecture family (redirect from ARM Thumb)
Thumb-2 was to achieve code density similar to Thumb with performance similar to the ARM instruction set on 32-bit memory. Thumb-2 extends the Thumb instruction...
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library remained intact. The library hall, designed by the architect Peter Thumb in a Rococo style, was constructed between 1758 and 1767. A Greek inscription...
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Struwwelpeter (redirect from Slovenly Peter)
Augustus and Rex London as Peter. Geoffrey Shaw's Struwelpeter, produced in 1914, featured the song "Conrad Suck-a-Thumb" by Martin Shaw. A ballet of...
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phrase, meaning "with a turned thumb", that is used in the context of gladiatorial combat. It refers to a hand gesture or thumb signal used by Ancient Roman...
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List of gestures (redirect from Clinton thumb)
finger. Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down are common gestures of approval or disapproval made by extending the thumb upward or downward. The Thumbs Up or Thumbs down...
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Alsace. The church completed in 1727, the work of Vorarlberg architect Peter Thumb, is considered one of the most beautiful Baroque churches in France....
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parish Church of St. Mary Ascension (St. Maria Himmelfahrt) was built by Peter Thumb between 1753 and 1755 in the Baroque style. The tower foundation is,...
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south of Germany. Johann Georg Specht trained as a civil engineer with Peter Thumb in Vorarlberg. Specht planned and had a vast number of edifices and other...
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Persicaria maculosa (redirect from Lady's thumb)
buckwheat family, Polygonaceae. Common names include lady's thumb, spotted lady's thumb, Jesusplant, and redshank. It is widespread across Eurasia from...
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priory until the 17th century. The current structure was designed by Peter Thumb and was built between 1719 and 1723 after the original 12th-century structure...
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Franz Richard Unterberger, Auguste Strobl, Gertrud Fussenegger und Peter Thumb. Typoskript. Baden-Baden 2013. - Rainer Rüsch: Vorfahren und Verwandtschaft...
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the same name), built in 1732-1734 by the Vorarlberg Baroque architect Peter Thumb. Church square with a completely preserved ensemble of baroque former...
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comic villains in George Pal's Tom Thumb (1958), a musical fantasy film, opposite Russ Tamblyn, Jessie Matthews and Peter Butterworth. Terry-Thomas later...
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