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  2. Emery (rock) - Wikipedia

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    Emery, or corundite, is a dark granular rock used to make an abrasive powder. The rock largely consists of corundum (aluminium oxide), mixed with other minerals. Industrial emery may contain a variety of other minerals and synthetic compounds. Crushed or naturally eroded emery (known as black sand) is used as an abrasive. Turkey and Greece are ...

  3. Emery - Wikipedia

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    Emery (band), a post-hardcore band from Rock Hill, South Carolina; Emery (name), people with the given or surname; Emery (rock), dark granular rock used to make an abrasive powder Emery board, a type of nail file coated with emery Emery ball, the use of an emery board to alter a sports ball; Emery cloth, an abrasive cloth coated in emery particles

  4. Sandpaper - Wikipedia

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    320 grit emery cloth. Emery cloth is a type of coated abrasive that has emery glued to a cloth backing. It is used for hand metalworking. It may be sold in sheets or in narrow rolls, typically 25 or 50 mm wide, often described as "emery tape". The cloth backing makes emery cloth stronger in tension than paper, but still allows a sheet to be ...

  5. Textile - Wikipedia

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    Minerals and natural and synthetic fabrics may be combined, as in emery cloth, a layer of emery abrasive glued to a cloth backing. Also, "sand cloth" is a US term for fine wire mesh with abrasive glued to it, employed like emery cloth or coarse sandpaper .

  6. Law Library of Congress - Wikipedia

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    The Library of Congress was established as an in-house reference library for Congress in 1800, the year the government moved from Philadelphia to the new city of Washington, D.C. Law books made up nearly 20% of the initial collection.

  7. Public Law Libraries (U.S.) - Wikipedia

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    The first “public” law libraries were membership libraries funded by subscribers, who were generally lawyers. The first of these appeared in 1802, when the Law Library Company of the City of Philadelphia (now called Jenkins Law Library) was founded by the lawyers of that city. The Social Law Library in Boston was founded in 1803. Both of ...

  8. Amoskeag Manufacturing Company - Wikipedia

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    Amoskeag peaked by World War I, supplying the federal government with military-related materiel. It employed up to 17,000 workers in 74 textile departments, with 30 mills weaving 50 miles (80 km) of cloth per hour. Defense patronage brought workers an increase in pay combined with a reduction in hours, from 54 to 48 per week.

  9. Law library - Wikipedia

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    A law library is a special library used by law students, lawyers, judges and their law clerks, historians, and other scholars of legal history in order to research the law. Law libraries are also used by people who draft or advocate for new laws, e.g. legislators and others who work in state government , local government , and legislative ...