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Ray-Ban is a brand of luxury sunglasses and eyeglasses created in 1936 by Bausch & Lomb. The brand is best known for its Wayfarer and Aviator lines of sunglasses. In 1999, Bausch & Lomb sold the brand to Italian eyewear conglomerate Luxottica Group for a reported $640 million.
Inclosure acts. (Redirected from Inclosure Acts) The inclosure acts[ a] created legal property rights to land previously held in common in England and Wales, particularly open fields and common land. Between 1604 and 1914 over 5,200 individual acts enclosing public land were passed, affecting 28,000 km 2.
The Inclosure Act 1773 ( 13 Geo. 3. c. 81) (also known as the Enclosure Act 1773) is an Act of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain, passed during the reign of George III. The Act is still in force in the United Kingdom. It created a law that enabled enclosure of land, at the same time removing the right of commoners ' access.
Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses and eyeglasses have been manufactured by Ray-Ban since 1952. Made popular in the 1950s and 1960s by music and film icons such as Buddy Holly , Roy Orbison and James Dean , Wayfarers almost became discontinued in the 1970s, before a major resurgence was created in the 1980s through massive product placements .
Conservatory (greenhouse) A traditional conservatory at the Horniman Museum in London, now used as a cafe. A conservatory is a building or room having glass or other transparent roofing and walls, used as a greenhouse or a sunroom. Usually it refers to a space attached to a conventional building such as a house, especially in the United Kingdom.
Artistic swimming runs Aug. 5-10 beginning at 5:30 p.m. CEST (11:30 a.m. EDT) each day. The team medal will be awarded on Aug. 7. The duet final is Aug. 10. All of them will be available in the U ...
Now, there’s a new Pap smear alternative that could help you bypass the speculum. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved self-collection kits from both Roche and BD in May for use ...
Window glass was produced throughout the period on a small scale, in the form of crown glass and broad glass. [ 3 ] [ 11 ] This was predominantly made from green glass throughout the 16th century. [ 3 ] [ 6 ] While rare in the early 16th century, glass windows soon became a symbol of increasing wealth and status.