A stress-free desktop.Benjamin Franklin knew how hard it was to read a document that sits flat on a desk. Such a position requires the reader to hunch forward Verb 1. hunch forward - round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward hump, hunch, hunch over change posture - undergo a change in bodily posture , straining the neck, the back and eventually the eyes. So, like the monks of old, Franklin fashioned a small inclined platform that sat atop the desk so that the reading material tilts forward, toward the reader, not the reader toward the material. Ergo Latin, therefore; hence; because. ergo (air-go) conj. Latin for therefore, often used in legal writings. Its most famous use was in "Cogito, ergo sum:" "I think, therefore I am" principle by French philosopher Rene Descartes (1596-1650). Desk has done the same with its product, a portable desktop made of hardwood--Oregon alder--that folds flat for storage. It comes in two sizes--large (25" by 14 1/2" and weighing 11 pounds) and medium (18" by 14 1/2" and weighing 9 pounds). It also comes in two designs--the Designer series and the Classic--and in three wood finishes--natural, walnut walnut, common name for some members of the Juglandaceae, a family of chiefly deciduous, resinous trees characterized by large and aromatic compound leaves. Species of the walnut family are indigenous mostly to the north temperate zone, but also range from Central and rosewood rosewood, popular name for the ornamental wood of several species of tropical trees, especially for the heartwood of certain leguminous trees of the genus Dalbergia of the family Leguminosae (pulse family). Brazilian rosewood, or jacaranda (D. . Prices of the Designer series range from $169 (medium in natural finish) to $199 (large in rosewood or walnut). Prices of the Classic series range from $116 (medium in natural finish) to $142 (large in rosewood or walnut). For more information, write to Ergo Desk Co., P.O. Box 626, North Plains, Oregon North Plains is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States. The population was 1,605 at the 2000 census. The 2006 estimate is 1,755 residents.[1] Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club just outside of town was home to the U.S. Women's Open in 1997 and 2003. 97133, or call (800) 822-ERGO. |
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