use in gilding. Gold leaf is a type of metal leaf, but the term is rarely used when referring to gold leaf. The term metal leaf is normally used for thin...
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"Gold-green Leaf" (Greek: Χρυσόπράσινο Φύλλο) was an unofficial national anthem for Cyprus. In 1964, Mikis Theodorakis starred in an interview with the...
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Gold Maple Leaf (GML) is a gold bullion coin that is issued annually by the Government of Canada. It is produced by the Royal Canadian Mint. The Gold...
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Electroscope (redirect from Gold-leaf electroscope)
physician William Gilbert around 1600. The pith-ball electroscope and the gold-leaf electroscope are two classical types of electroscope that are still used...
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gold leaf in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A gold leaf is a thin gold foil used for decoration. Gold leaf or Goldleaf may also refer to: Gold Leaf...
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industrial use). Gold is also used in infrared shielding, the production of colored glass, gold leafing, and tooth restoration. Certain gold salts are still...
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Juno Awards (redirect from The Gold Leaf Award)
the awards ceremonies. The Juno Awards were originally called the RPM Gold Leaf Awards named after RPM Magazine. The winners would be announced in RPM...
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like gold leaf but do not contain any real gold. This type of metal leaf is often referred to as imitation leaf. Metal leaves are usually made of gold (including...
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Gold usually undergoes one of these processes: it could be hammered, or pounded and rolled, or just a leaf or powder. In the first case, the gold needs...
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replaced with 0.5 μm gold leaf, five times the thickness of the gold leaf on the reconstructed building. Although Japanese gold leaf has become thinner...
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Gold Leaf (Chinese: 茶金) is a 2021 Taiwanese period drama based on the eponymous novel written by Huang Kuo-hua. Set in the 1950s, Gold Leaf is Taiwan's...
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also known by other names such as "composition gold leaf", "Dutch gold", "Schlagmetal" and "Schlag leaf". It is very malleable and ductile and so can be...
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illuminations contained metal, normally gold leaf or shell gold paint, or at least was brushed with gold specks. Gold leaf was from the 12th century usually...
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RPM (magazine) (redirect from Gold Leaf Award)
The RPM Awards poll was transformed into a formal awards ceremony, the Gold Leaf Awards, in 1970. These became the Juno Awards in following years. The...
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Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (redirect from The Woman in Gold)
Bloch-Bauer I (also called The Lady in Gold or The Woman in Gold) is an oil painting on canvas, with gold leaf, by Gustav Klimt, completed between 1903...
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The Kiss (Klimt) (category Gold ground paintings)
Kiss (‹See Tfd›German: Der Kuss) is an oil-on-canvas painting with added gold leaf, silver and platinum by the Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt. It...
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Electrometer (section Gold-leaf electroscope)
but only indicates the relative magnitudes of voltages or charges. The gold-leaf electroscope was one of the instruments used to indicate electric charge...
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Gilding (category Gold)
application and gluing, typically of gold leaf, chemical gilding, and electroplating, the last also called gold plating. Parcel-gilt (partial gilt) objects...
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Team Lotus (redirect from Gold Leaf Team Lotus)
Formula Two car appearing at Hockenheim in the red, gold and white colors of the Imperial Tobacco's Gold Leaf brand. The first Formula One car in this livery...
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Goldschläger (category Gold)
deal. The German word Goldschläger ("gold beater") refers to the profession of gold leaf makers who beat bars of gold into extremely thin sheets. Goldwasser...
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cavity and filling it with gold leaf. This advice is attributed to Mesue, though his identity is uncertain. The use of gold leaf for dental fillings was...
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distinctive cigarette brands such as Navy Cut, No. 9, John Player Special, and Gold Leaf; loose tobacco brands such as No Name; and its distinctive logo of a smoking...
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rebuilt it in marble and copper in 1809, and overlaid the sanctum with gold leaf in 1830. This has led to the name the Golden Temple. The Golden Temple...
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success with the paintings of his "golden phase", many of which include gold leaf. Klimt's work was an important influence on his younger peer Egon Schiele...
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Vark (redirect from Silver leaf (food))
certification agency, TÜV Rheinland, has deemed gold leaf safe for consumption. Gold and silver leaf are also certified as kosher. These inert precious...
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The Berlin Gold Hat or Berlin Golden Hat (German: Berliner Goldhut) is a Late Bronze Age artefact made of thin gold leaf. It served as the external covering...
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colored paper cutouts onto it in combination with special paint effects, gold leaf, and other decorative elements. Commonly, an object like a small box or...
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Bernsteinzimmer) was a chamber decorated in amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors, located in the Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo near Saint...
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The Kanazawa Yasue Gold Leaf Museum (Japanese: 金沢市立安江金箔工芸館) is a museum about gold leaf in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. The museum was originally...
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images with all or most of the background in a solid gold colour. Historically, real gold leaf has normally been used, giving a luxurious appearance...
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