The outdoor life
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Polyvinyl chloride (PVC-u) conservatories are commonly purchased in the United Kingdom because they are inexpensive in comparison to other materials and require very little maintenance. Modern PVC-u conservatories are built to look like traditional structures from Victorian times. They are built using attractive features such as stained glass, dentil moulding and pilasters. They are built to standards CP 118: 1969, BS 6399: Part 1: 1996, CP 3 Chapter V Part 2: 1972, BS 5516: 1991 and BS 6262: 1982.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1997
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Chief among valuables
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Jade was considered to be more valuable than gold during pre-Columbian times in Central America. Jade pendants were painstakingly made to be worn by village chiefs because it signified power, bountiful agricultural harvest and authority.
Publication Name: Lapidary Journal
Subject: Hobbies and crafts
ISSN: 0023-8457
Year: 1992
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In a Tibetan Lamasery
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The author recounts her time spend in a lamasery in the Tibetan foothills and what she had to eat. Meat, fruit and vegetables were scare but there were a lot of pheasants.
Publication Name: Gourmet
Subject: Food/cooking/nutrition
ISSN: 0017-2553
Year: 2001
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