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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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