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The basic shape and configuration of a typical 

upright or "safety bicycle", has changed little since the


first chain-driven model was developed around 1885.[7][8][9] However, many details have been
improved, especially since the advent of modern materials and computer-aided design. These have
allowed for a proliferation of specialized designs for many types of cycling.
The bicycle's invention has had an enormous effect on society, both in terms of culture and of
advancing modern industrial methods. Several components that eventually played a key role in the
development of the automobile were initially invented for use in the bicycle, including ball
bearings, pneumatic tires, chain-driven sprockets and tension-spoked wheels.[10]
A cabinet intended to be used in a bedroom and with several drawers typically placed one above
another in one or more columns intended for clothing and small articles is called a dresser or a chest
of drawers. A small bedside cabinet is more frequently called a nightstand or night table. A tall
cabinet intended for clothing storage including hanging of clothes is called a wardrobe or an armoire,
or (in some countries) a closet if built-in.

Although bike and cycle are used interchangeably to refer mostly to two types of two-wheelers the
terms still vary across the world. In India for example a cycle refers only to a two-wheeler using
pedal power whereas the term bike is used to describe a two-wheeler using internal combustion
engine or electric motors as a source of motive power instead of motorcycle/motorbike.
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Before the advent of industrial design, cabinet makers were responsible for the conception and the
production of any piece of furniture. In the last half of the 18th century, cabinet makers, such
as Thomas Sheraton, Thomas Chippendale, Shaver and Wormley Brothers Cabinet Constructors,
and George Hepplewhite, also published books of furniture forms. These books were compendiums
of their designs and those of other cabinet makers. The most famous cabinetmaker before the
advent of industrial design is probably André-Charles Boulle (11 November 1642 – 29 February
1732) and his legacy is known as "Boulle Work" and the École Boulle, a college of fine arts and
crafts and applied arts in Paris, today bears testimony to his Art.[1]

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