The length of a music single was determined by the weight-driven pulley system on a 1920's recording machine called the Scully Lathe. The pulley allowed approximately three and a half minutes to record before a 100lb weight hit the floor, thus determining the length of a single to this day. en.wikipedia.org/w/index.β¦
The surname 'Turner' refers to the practice of turning a lathe against metal, bone, or wooden materials in order to craft a desired object. ancestry.ca/name-origin?sβ¦
The title of Ursula LeGuin's "The Lathe of Heaven" was a mistranslation of an ancient Chinese quotation; they didn't have lathes in China at the time it was said en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theβ¦
Drywall is called βDrywallβ because before it, walls were made with plaster layers that were wet and took time to dry between layers. Drywall came in to the market as a faster and cleaner alternative to the βwet wallβ process of plaster layers. activerain.com/blogsview/β¦
The idiom 'didn't pan out' came from miners during the California gold rush, where it would literally mean gold wasn't found in the pan. english-for-students.com/β¦
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