And This Is A Table Ma'am. What In Essence It Consists Of Is A Horizontal Rectilinear Plane Surface Maintained By Four Vertical Columnar Supports, Which We Call Legs.

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And this is a table ma'am. What in essence it consists of is a
horizontal rectilinear plane surface maintained by four vertical
columnar supports, which we call legs. The tables in this laboratory,
ma'am, are as advanced in design as one will find anywhere in the
world.
-- Michael Frayn, "The Tin Men"

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