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On July the 4th, 1776, Congress appointed Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson as a committee to prepare a device for the great seal of the United States.
The committee reported various devices during several years. William Barton, of Philadelphia, was appointed to submit designs. Sir John Prestwich, an English antiquarian, suggested a design to John Adams in 1779.
Combining the various designs of William Barton and John Prestwich, a seal was adopted on June the 20th, 1782. Arms: Paleways of thirteen pieces argent and gules; a chief azure; the escutcheon on the breast of the American eagle displayed proper, holding in his dexter talon an olive branch and in his sinister a bundle of thirteen arrows; and in his beak a scroll with the motto: E Pluribus Unum. Crest: a glory breaking through a cloud proper and surrounding thirteen stars. Reverse: A pyramid unfinished. In the zenith an eye in a triangle, surrounded with a glory proper, over the eye the words, Annuit Coeptis. Beneath the pyramid, MDCCLXXVI, and the words, Novus Ordo Seculorum.
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In locksmithing a talon is the shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.
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The Harris Talon Safari is an American bolt-action hunting rifle produced in various .30 and .40 Magnum calibres and also .416 Rigby calibre and takes a 3 to 5 round magazine accordingly. The Harris Talon Safari is made from blued steel with a choice of stocks including glass-fibre, laminate, wood and walnut and has a 25 inch barrel and adjustable folding sights.
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The Northrop T-38 Talon is an American two-seater supersonic basic/advanced flying trainer aircraft based on the Northrop F-5 fighter, developed during the 1950's, first flown in 1959 and in service since 1961. The Northrop T-38 is a low-wing cantilever monoplane powered by two General Electric J85-GE-5 turbojets providing a top speed of Mach 1.3 and a range of 1385 km typically.
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Coed Talon is a village in Flintshire, Wales.
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In architecture a talon or ogee is a kind of moulding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top. When the concave part is at the top, it is called an inverted talon.
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