glass thread
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Well, so did boats built of glass thread and resin.
From Time Magazine Archive
Take 1/2 in. of the platinum wire and slip it through the fine hole made by breaking the glass thread so that one-half of the wire will be inside of the long tube.
From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.
While it is turning, tap the tuning fork on the prong which has not the glass thread fastened to it.
From Common Science by John W. (John Woodside) Ritchie
A thick glass thread is wound around the neck.
From Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy by Frank Richard Stockton
Break off about 8 inches of this glass thread and tie it firmly with cotton thread to the edge of one prong of a tuning fork.
From Common Science by John W. (John Woodside) Ritchie
