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  • Thumbnail for Sealing wax
    Sealing wax is a wax material of a seal which, after melting, hardens quickly (to paper, parchment, ribbons and wire, and other material), forming a bond...
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    used as a lubricant on drawer slides where wood to wood contact occurs. Sealing wax was used to close important documents in the Middle Ages. Wax tablets...
    16 KB (1,861 words) - 18:37, 3 March 2024
  • Dopping cement (redirect from Dopping wax)
    wax, or faceting wax is a thermal adhesive used by gem cutters to secure ("dop") a gemstone to a wooden or metal holder ("dopstick", "Tounded stick")...
    4 KB (500 words) - 23:23, 21 August 2023
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    when the sealing wax was replaced by a stamp which affixed the same device in red ink.[citation needed] A new ring is cast for each pope as a general practice...
    7 KB (911 words) - 04:10, 4 September 2023
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    using it. It is still used as sealing wax by the India Post but its use is being phased out. Lac is used in folk medicine as a hepatoprotective and anti-obesity...
    12 KB (1,390 words) - 21:39, 22 April 2024
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    Shellac (category Waxes)
    conjunction with wax or oil-soaps, to act as a barrier during mold-making processes[citation needed] as a dilute solution in the sealing of harpsichord soundboards...
    38 KB (4,422 words) - 08:06, 3 June 2024
  • The following is a list of adhesive tapes with pressure-sensitive adhesives: "Duct tape - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary"...
    6 KB (33 words) - 19:15, 31 August 2023
  • stuck through a hole in each side of the box, held in place with sealing wax, which held the cassettes in. The inserts included a parody of the American...
    5 KB (661 words) - 14:37, 31 May 2022
  • up to 20% of the lubricant, the main families of additives are: Pour point depressants are compounds that prevent crystallization of waxes. Long chain...
    33 KB (4,041 words) - 04:52, 3 March 2024
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    acids that originate from fuel and from oxidation of the lubricant (detergents), improves the sealing of piston rings, and cools the engine by carrying heat...
    66 KB (8,859 words) - 13:31, 6 June 2024
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    of blockage of the static ports. The static ports on the left side of the aircraft had been taped over while the aircraft was being waxed and cleaned...
    19 KB (2,342 words) - 16:28, 9 May 2024
  • The following is a list of episodes from the 1955–1962 television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents and the 1962–1965 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. The 39th...
    635 KB (175 words) - 02:48, 7 June 2024
  • This is a list of Wheeler Dealers episodes with original airdate on Discovery Channel. This series dropped the two-part format in favour of a single one-hour...
    305 KB (768 words) - 19:51, 5 June 2024
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    for a companion rod in the first season (see illustration). The joint is then taped around and treated with tree-sealing compound or grafting wax. A whip...
    45 KB (5,660 words) - 16:56, 4 June 2024
  • Kingdom. Sellotape is generally used for joining, sealing, attaching and mending. The term has become a genericised trademark in the UK, Ireland, Australia...
    98 KB (5,308 words) - 16:40, 28 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of facial hairstyles
    This is a non-exhaustive list of facial hairstyles. A moustache is defined as any facial hair grown specifically on the upper lip. There are many different...
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    nitrogen gas blown in prior to sealing to lengthen shelf life, and provide protection against crushing. Chips were long made in a batch process, where the potato...
    48 KB (4,468 words) - 12:35, 28 May 2024
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    coast. Canada claimed fishing and sealing rights around many of the Aleutian Islands, in violation of U.S. law. As a result, the United States Navy seized...
    116 KB (13,175 words) - 06:15, 2 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of works by Vincent van Gogh
    expensive works of art. On March 30, 1987, Irises was sold for a record US$53.9 million at Sotheby's; on May 15, 1990, his Portrait of Dr. Gachet was sold...
    276 KB (1,016 words) - 17:01, 22 May 2024
  • through a heart. At the start of Season 4, Hilda gave up on her violin, and blew it up with a stick of dynamite. She bought a clock shop which had a magical...
    81 KB (13,496 words) - 05:49, 24 October 2023
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