glass thread
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Well, so did boats built of glass thread and resin.
From Time Magazine Archive
The upper end of the glass thread was attached, as in Coulomb's original electrometer, to an index, which had its appropriate graduated circle, upon which the degree of torsion was ultimately to be read off.
From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Faraday, Michael
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)
It took ten million feet of glass thread, and Eulaly will look real sweet in it.
From Samantha at the World's Fair by Grimm, Baron C. de
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
