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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-28 · 5 entries checked · 3 flagged · 5 issues confirmed · 1 corrected · 4 still open
Adhesive — The entry states that in Europe, glue was not widely used until AD 1500–1700, when cabinet makers like Thomas Chippendale and Duncan Phyfe used adhesives, but Chippendale (1718–1779) and Phyfe (1768–1854) were active after 1700, not within the 1500–1700 period
Chimney — [contradicted] first_known_use: Roman era (industrial chimneys in bakeries) :: The source says 'Industrial chimney use dates to the Romans, who drew smoke from their bakeries with tubes embedded in the walls.'
Chimney — [contradicted] common_in_houses: 16th and 17th centuries :: The source says 'domestic chimneys first appeared in large dwellings in northern Europe in the 12th century' and 'they did not become common in houses until the 16th and 17th centuries.'
Column — [contradicted] Egyptian columns, such as those in the Great Hypostyle Hall of Karnak (c. :: The source gives the date c. 1224 BC for the Great Hypostyle Hall of Karnak, not leaving the date incomplete as 'c.'.
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