glass thread

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Well, so did boats built of glass thread and resin.

From Time Magazine Archive

While it is turning, tap the tuning fork on the prong which has not the glass thread fastened to it.

From Common Science by Ritchie, John W. (John Woodside)

I expect some of the glass thread with which the hull of the ship was made could be inserted with no trouble.

From Where I Wasn't Going by Richmond, Walt

Clamp the top of the tuning fork firmly above the smoked drum, adjusting it so that the point of the glass thread rests on the smoked paper.

From Common Science by Ritchie, John W. (John Woodside)

This fiber, placed under a microscope, looks like a glass thread.

From Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care by McGlauflin, Idabelle