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  2. John Dickinson (inventor) - Wikipedia

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    Penny Post, a paper containing silk threads, was produced by Dickinson, for security purposes. [6] He also developed envelopes that had a gum-like adhesive to keep them closed. Production of those started in 1850. [7] When Dickinson built himself a new house on the east of Nash Mills in 1836, he was his own architect. He called it Abbots Hill ...

  3. Units of textile measurement - Wikipedia

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    Textile fibers, threads, yarns and fabrics are measured in a multiplicity of units.. A fiber, a single filament of natural material, such as cotton, linen or wool, or artificial material such as nylon, polyester, metal or mineral fiber, or human-made cellulosic fibre like viscose, Modal, Lyocell or other rayon fiber is measured in terms of linear mass density, the weight of a given length of ...

  4. Paper yarn - Wikipedia

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    Paper yarn is the yarn made from paper strips chiefly with wood pulp cut into strips and then twisted to form a yarn. Germany invented Paper yarn in the late 19th century, although paper has been used in textiles in Japan for centuries. They used various products made of paper yarn during and after wartime. [1] [2] [3]

  5. Units of paper quantity - Wikipedia

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    A quire of paper is a measure of paper quantity. The usual meaning is 25 sheets of the same size and quality: 1 ⁄ 20 of a ream of 500 sheets. Quires of 25 sheets are often used for machine-made paper, while quires of 24 sheets are often used for handmade or specialised paper of 480-sheet reams.

  6. Paper machine - Wikipedia

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    A paper machine (or paper-making machine) is an industrial machine which is used in the pulp and paper industry to create paper in large quantities at high speed. Modern paper-making machines are based on the principles of the Fourdrinier Machine, which uses a moving woven mesh to create a continuous paper web by filtering out the fibres held ...

  7. Cardboard - Wikipedia

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    Cardboard is a generic term for heavy paper-based products. The construction can range from a thick paper known as paperboard to corrugated fiberboard which is made of multiple plies of material. Natural cardboards can range from grey to light brown in color, depending on the specific product; dyes, pigments, printing, and coatings are available.

  8. Scoubidou - Wikipedia

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    The most common kind of thread used for the craft is flat and comes in many colors, sometimes called "lanyard" or "gimp thread", often depending on region. Another kind of scoubidou thread is supple, round, and hollow plasticized PVC tubes usually about 80 centimetres in length.

  9. Kiddio - Wikipedia

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    "Kiddio" was later released as a single by Brook Benton in 1960. Randazzo and Benton both recorded for RCA's Vik label. [2] The single was the fourth time in a year that Brook Benton had topped the R&B charts.