Jump to content

Search results

View (previous 20 | ) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)
  • Thumbnail for Carnauba wax
    -nɑːˈuː-/; Portuguese: carnaúba [kaʁnaˈubɐ]), also called Brazil wax and palm wax, is a wax of the leaves of the carnauba palm Copernicia prunifera (synonym:...
    11 KB (1,176 words) - 07:44, 13 November 2024
  • A wax bullet is a non-lethal projectile made of wax material — often paraffin wax or some mixture of waxes and other substances that produce the desired...
    10 KB (1,154 words) - 19:44, 11 August 2024
  • Wildgruber "Waxes" in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2002. doi:10.1002/14356007.a28_103 Candelilla wax data sheet - from...
    3 KB (302 words) - 17:25, 19 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Wax argument
    The wax argument or the sheet of wax example is a thought experiment that René Descartes created in the second of his Meditations on First Philosophy....
    4 KB (611 words) - 22:51, 26 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Spirit duplicator
    or typing on the first sheet transfers the colored wax from the second sheet to the shiny, coated back side of the first sheet, producing a mirror image...
    8 KB (1,073 words) - 15:50, 5 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Paper
    Paper (redirect from Sheet of paper)
    Paper is a thin sheet material produced by mechanically or chemically processing cellulose fibres derived from wood, rags, grasses, herbivore dung, or...
    43 KB (4,687 words) - 17:03, 1 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Surface tension
    which water does not adhere. Wax is such a substance. Water poured onto a smooth, flat, horizontal wax surface, say a waxed sheet of glass, will behave similarly...
    72 KB (8,812 words) - 07:53, 29 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Phonograph cylinder
    first cylinders were wrapped with tin foil but the improved version made of wax was created a decade later, after which they were commercialized. In the...
    28 KB (3,047 words) - 18:20, 11 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Johnson Wax Headquarters
    Johnson Wax Headquarters is the world headquarters and administration building of S. C. Johnson & Son in Racine, Wisconsin. Designed by American architect...
    12 KB (1,379 words) - 01:25, 11 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Soy candle
    Soy candle (redirect from Soy wax)
    candlemaking". Archived from the original on March 17, 2020. "Soy Wax Material Data Safety Sheet" (PDF). Short, Glenda (2014). Soy Candles: How to Make Good-for-the-Earth...
    4 KB (430 words) - 12:18, 23 October 2024
  • Microcrystalline waxes are a type of wax produced by de-oiling petrolatum, as part of the petroleum refining process. In contrast to the more familiar paraffin wax which...
    6 KB (882 words) - 08:59, 15 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for Honeycomb
    out, the wax can be reused in a number of ways, including making sheets of comb foundation with a hexagonal pattern. Such foundation sheets allow the...
    11 KB (1,283 words) - 21:32, 8 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Parchment paper
    "Silicone Coated Baking Sheets - Sierra Coating". web.archive.org. 2023-02-07. Retrieved 2024-11-13. "Parchment Paper vs. Wax Paper". Martha Stewart....
    5 KB (495 words) - 11:56, 13 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Screentone
    sheet, sometimes informally known as a "tone", consists of a flexible transparent backing, the printed texture, and a wax adhesive layer. The sheet is...
    2 KB (196 words) - 13:19, 31 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Shroud
    Shroud (redirect from Winding sheet)
    of winding-sheets, except for monarchs and bishops. The rich were wrapped in cerecloths, which are fine fabrics soaked or painted in wax to hold the...
    5 KB (584 words) - 01:21, 19 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Death mask
    A death mask is a likeness (typically in wax or plaster cast) of a person's face after their death, usually made by taking a cast or impression from the...
    13 KB (1,360 words) - 14:29, 27 October 2024
  • layers, the topmost of which may be polyurethane, to avoid waxing. Cushioned vinyl sheet was developed in the 1960s. It features closed-cell-foam lower...
    9 KB (1,071 words) - 13:08, 18 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Earwax
    Earwax (redirect from Ear wax)
    Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Keeping the ear clean and removing wax: Fact Sheet at PubMed Health Clinical practice guideline: Cerumen impaction (The...
    41 KB (4,691 words) - 07:19, 15 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Drywall
    Drywall (redirect from Sheet rock)
    (wax emulsion or silanes), reduce creep (tartaric or boric acid). The board is then formed by sandwiching a core of the wet mixture between two sheets...
    34 KB (4,243 words) - 00:59, 1 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Victorious Youth
    After the final layer of clay was applied, wax sheets covered the statue's surface. During this process wax plates supported the figure from multiple points...
    25 KB (3,266 words) - 17:40, 11 November 2024
View (previous 20 | ) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)