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... threads; they can be Button thread cotton, synthetic orin the case of Buttonhole thread buttonhole twist there is a version in pure silk. Crochet threads (cotton) Danish flower threads (cotton) Knitting yarns Tapestry wools (Rowan ...
... threads; they can be Button thread cotton, synthetic orin the case of Buttonhole thread buttonhole twist there is a version in pure silk. Crochet threads (cotton) Danish flower threads (cotton) Knitting yarns Tapestry wools (Rowan ...
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... thread of pair 3 and then brought to the surface between the pair of warp threads . Both loose ends L and R are therefore situated between the pair of ground threads . When this tuft , and all others of a similar kind , are beaten into ...
... thread of pair 3 and then brought to the surface between the pair of warp threads . Both loose ends L and R are therefore situated between the pair of ground threads . When this tuft , and all others of a similar kind , are beaten into ...
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... Threads. As a notorious “non thread-clipper,” I am going to advise you with a straight face to clip your threads as you sew. With so many different pieces and parts in quilting, the stray and hanging threads can easily multiply and ...
... Threads. As a notorious “non thread-clipper,” I am going to advise you with a straight face to clip your threads as you sew. With so many different pieces and parts in quilting, the stray and hanging threads can easily multiply and ...
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... threads go through this process. Polished (also known as Silk Finished): These threads are run through heated gas to burn off fine fibers and give the thread a smoother finish. When used in thread painting, polished thread gives a ...
... threads go through this process. Polished (also known as Silk Finished): These threads are run through heated gas to burn off fine fibers and give the thread a smoother finish. When used in thread painting, polished thread gives a ...
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United States. Interdepartmental Screw Thread Committee. Page 141 , table 75 , add to table heading " NH . ” Page 144 , table 78 , revise illustration to show truncated threads , thus : not engage with the thread of an adjoining size ...
United States. Interdepartmental Screw Thread Committee. Page 141 , table 75 , add to table heading " NH . ” Page 144 , table 78 , revise illustration to show truncated threads , thus : not engage with the thread of an adjoining size ...
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ACROGEN æstivation algæ anēr anthers anthos apothecia apothecium applied arranged asci axis bark bearing bracts branch calyx Capitulum capsule carpels cells cellular tissue cheuma colour corolla cotyledons covered dehiscence diminutive drupe eidos embryo endon epidermis eteros exciple excrescence Exogens female ferns fero filaments fleshy flower folium frond fructification fruit fungi gennao genus gills of Agarics growing gunē hairs heap hilum hymenium inclosing indehiscent indusium inflorescence integument involucre karpos labellum layer leaf leaflets leaves lichens lobes margin membrane midrib monos morphe mosses mycelium organs ovary ovules pedate peri pericarp peristome petalon petals petiole phero phullon phuton pileus pinnate pistil placenta plaited plants pollen-grains polus produce radicle receptacle reproductive resembling rhiza root scales seed sepals shaped sheath shoot sperma spiral spora spore-case spores stalk stamens stem stipe stoma surface swelling terminating Thalamium thallus theca thecæ threads trepo twisted Umbellifers veins vernation vessel warts whorl
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Page 59 - ... only in the progeny. As throwing some light upon this question, he gave an account of Naudin's recent investigations upon the cultivated Cucurbitacece, showing that the species of Cucurbita (which, as to those in ordinary cultivation, Naudin had reduced to three or four) refuse to hybridize ; but that the application of the pollen of one species to the stigma of another, from which its own pollen is excluded, often causes the fruit to set and grow to its full size, although no embryos are formed...
Page 37 - I shut), a small, dry, indehiscent pericarp, having the indurated perianth adherent to the carpel, and forming part of the shell ; a fruit composed of an indehiscent, one-seeded pericarp, invested by a persistent and indurated perianth, as in 'mirabilis.
Page 24 - ... yellow. (See Polystictus cinnabarinus, one of the most frequent fungi met with on old logs.) CINNAMO'MEUS— Of a bright brown colour, formed from reddish- orange and grey.
Page 54 - GBANULA-GONIMA (Lat.), clusters of two or more spherical cells filled with green granular matter seated beneath the cortical layer in lichens.
Page 38 - Dimorphism, dï-mor/fizm, я. (bot.) a state in which two forms of flower are produced by the same species: the property of crystallising in two forms.
Page 7 - Lat. that which is one year old), the last year's shoot rendered visible by an interruption at the point of junction with the previous growth.