Sep 22, 2015

Ferrari Testa Rossa 250

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Testarossa, “Red head” after the car’s cam covers painted red - 2,953 cc, 250 GT, V-12 engine (HP 300). First prototype was chassis number 0666, the second one, was chassis number 0704.
Ferrari 250TR was produced from 1957 to 1958. A 1957 250 Testa Rossa sold on August 20, 2011 for $16,400,000.

Ferrari Testarossa 250

1957 Ferrari 250 Testarossa (Chassis 0714TR) 04


Most expensive cars sold in auction - Ferrari Testarossa 250 
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Sep 7, 2015

eliteshity

paper sculptures visit Calvin Nicholls’ website or Facebook page

 

How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds sing, that snow melts, that the rose unfolds, that the dawn whitens behind the stark shapes of trees on the quivering summit of the hill? A kiss, and all was said.

--Victor Hugo

Sep 6, 2015

ellipticity

ellipticity
Dalma at Elite shot by Matthieu Delbreuve www.matthieudelbreuve.com
ellipticity in Maths by Wolfram|Alpha: Ellipticity
Source:  Ali Hassaine, https://www.kaggle.com/c/mdm/forums/t/603/getting-started/3945#post3945

el·lip·tic·i·ty

  • deviation of an ellipse or a spheroid from the form of a circle or a sphere (Merriam Webster)
  • the degree of divergence of an ellipse from a circle.
or
1. Deviation from perfect circular or spherical form toward elliptic or ellipsoidal form.
2. The degree of this deviation (The Free Dictionary).
or
Noun1.ellipticity - the property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles; "the oblateness of the planet" (Thesaurus)
bulginess, roundedness - the property possessed by a rounded convexity