The object of the present invention is to provide a laminate polarizing plate of which application to liquid crystal displays is able to simplify constitutions and production procedures of the displays, and to reduce cost thereof; and to provide an industrially advantageous method of producing the compound polarizing plate, and a liquid crystal display using the same. The frame extends behind and below a convention grate holding a fire within the fireplace. A monitor control produces an output representing a weight of the fluid dispensed by the fluid dispenser as a function of the first and second flow characteristics. The functionality can formulate result information based on the extracted information for presentation to a recipient. Due to its hierarchical design approach, the TDC design uses an optimized number of delay circuits and therefore requires very little power consumption and silicon area.