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The harp-shell is a genus of molluscs (Harpa) belonging to the gastropoda and to the whelk family. The species are found around Mauritius. The shells are very attractive, but exposure to light causes their colours to fade.
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The harp seal or saddleback (Phoca groenlandicus) is a gregarious Arctic seal. The adult male is generally light grey with a harp-shaped black band running along the flanks and across the back. The head to just behind the eyes is black. In females both facial and harp markings are usually paler and may be broken into spots. The tail is short and slightly flattened dorso- ventrally. Harp seals spend most of the year at sea, venturing onto sea ice to mate and moult. There are three breeding regions for the harp seal: off Newfoundland, off Jan Mayen Island and in the White Sea. Harp seals eat pelagic crustacea and fish, especially capelins and also herring, cod and other fish which the adults will dive to 200 metres to catch.
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Eliza Cook, was an English poet. She was born in 1818 at London and died in 1889. She was early a contributor to the Weekly Dispatch, the Metropolitan Magazine, and the New Monthly Magazine. Her first volume of verse, Lays of a Wild Harp, appeared in 1835. She afterwards wrote a great many poems mostly of a lyric cast, and some of her songs have been highly popular. From 1849 to 1854 she carried on a weekly periodical, Eliza Cook's Journal.
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Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais was a French playwright and arms dealer. He was born in 1732 at Paris and died in 1799. Best remembered for his plays 'The Barber of Seville' and 'The Marriage of Figaro'. He was the son of a watchmaker named Caron, whose trade he practised for a time. He early gave striking proofs of his mechanical and also of his musical talents; he attained proficiency as a player on the guitar and harp, and was appointed harp-master to the daughters of Louis XV. By a rich marriage (after which he added ' de Beaumarchais' to his name) he laid the foundation of the immense wealth which he afterwards accumulated by his speculations, and which was also increased by a second marriage.
He is less well known for supplying arms and lending funds to the American colonists in support of their revolution against the British government during the American War of Independence - though following independence the American government never repaid the monies they owed to Pierre de Beaumarchais. During the French Revolution, he again sold arms to the French aristocracy, was discovered and ironically fled to Holland and England.
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Sebastien Erard was a French musical-instrument maker. He was born in 1752 at Strasburg and died in 1831. He went to Paris at the age of eighteen, and together with his brother, Jean Baptiste, produced pianofortes superior to any that had previously been made in France. Afterwards he established a manufactory in London, and made considerable improvements in the mechanism of the harp.
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The Kamov Ka-20 (NATO codename Harp) was a Soviet specialised anti-submarine helicopter first seen in public in 1961. The Kamov Ka-20 was a twin-turbine helicopter powered by two Glushenkov shaft turbine engines providing a top speed of 220 kmh and a range of 650 km.
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The Grass Harp is a comedy starring Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie and Roddy McDowall in a story about a youngster who goes to live with his eccentric spinster cousins following the death of his mother. The Grass Harp was directed by Charles Matthau in 1998.
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HARP is an abbreviation for High Altitude Reconnaissance Project
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Harp Lager is a low strength lager developed by Guinness in 1959 to mark their bicentenary.
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Harp is a township in De Witt County, Illinois, USA.
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