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• Fulling
  ...tm] June 19, 2006</ref> The [[Welsh (language)|Welsh]] word for a fulling mill is ''pandy''. This is used in several place-names. ...From the medieval period, however, it often was carried out in a [[water mill]].
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• Glossary of textile manufacturing
  :A measure of how much [[water]] a [[textile|fabric]] can [[Absorption (chemistry)|absorb]]. :[[Loden]] is water-resistant material for clothing made from sheep wool.
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• Bleachfield
  ...isbn=0-85263-545-1|page=24}}</ref> They were usually found in and around [[mill town]]s in [[Great Britain]] and were an integral part of [[textile manufac
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• Textile manufacturing by pre-industrial methods
  ...technique known as spinning 'in the grease'. Indeed if the fabric is to be water repellent, lanolin is not removed at any stage. ...ash the whole fleece. Lanolin is removed by soaking the fleece in very hot water. If the fleece gets agitated, it will become [[felt]], and then spinning
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• Textile manufacturing
  ::*The ring was a descendant of the Arkwright water Frame 1769. It was a continuous process, the yard was coarser, had a greate ...Modern looms run faster and do not use a shuttle: there are air jet looms, water jet looms and rapier looms.
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• Timeline of clothing and textiles technology
  *1769 – [[Richard Arkwright]]'s [[water frame]]. ...el Slater]] of [[Belper]] establishes the first successful cotton spinning mill in the United States, at [[Pawtucket]]; beginnings of the "[[Rhode Island S
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• Defoamer
  ...water]]. So water extended (water in oil emulsion) and water based (oil in water emulsion) defoamers appeared.<ref>{{cite book |last1= |first1= |authorlink1 ===Water based defoamers===
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• Firestop
  Image:Mortar_tag.jpg|[[Mortar (firestop)|Firestop Mortar]] seal at a [[paper mill]] in [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]. ...uld not be in contact with sealants that easily degrade in the presence of water. Also, [[Joint (building)|building joint]] firestops may achieve very high
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• Edward Giles Stone
  ...y, he also built a stable and a motor garage, a large silo surmounted by a water tank, and single-storey bachelor’s quarters, completed in 1910.<ref name= *'''1910-1911''' '''Burrows Hume Flour Mill,'''Young Street crnr Wilson Street, Albury, NSW<ref>See detailed outline hi
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• Stainless steel
  ...o be visible, and the metal remains lustrous. The layer is impervious to [[water]] and air, protecting the metal beneath. Also, this layer quickly reforms w ...nless steel, of which fifteen are most commonly used. The alloy is [[Steel mill|milled]] into coils, sheets, plates, bars, wire, and tubing to be used in [
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• Steel
  ...her microscopic imperfections. It is common for quench cracks to form when water quenched, although they may not always be visible.<ref>{{cite web|title=Que ...involves heating the steel to the austenite phase, then quenching it in [[water]] or [[oil]]. This rapid cooling results in a hard and brittle martensitic
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• Wrought iron
  ...ink chain|chains]], [[Coupling (railway)|railway couplings]], [[water pipe|water]] and steam pipes, [[Nut (hardware)|nuts]], [[Screw|bolts]], [[horseshoe]]s *Rod iron—cut from flat bar iron in a [[slitting mill]] to provide the raw material for nails.
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• Hemp
  ...s harvested once a year (during August) and needs to be stored to feed the mill the whole year through. This storage requires a lot of (mostly manual) han === Water and soil purification ===
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• Concrete
  ...[[granite]], plus a fine aggregate such as [[sand]]), [[water (properties)|water]], and [[Chemistry|chemical]] admixtures. ...reaction|chemical process]] known as [[mineral hydration|hydration]]. The water reacts with the cement, which bonds the other components together, eventual
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• Iron
  ...e largest scale in industry are [[iron(II) sulfate]] (FeSO₄·7[[Water of crystallization|H₂O]]) and [[iron(III) chloride]] (FeCl<sub>3 ...d in laundry bluing to correct the yellowish tint left by ferrous salts in water.<ref name="Iron 2008">"Iron." Microsoft® Student 2009 [DVD]. Redmond, WA:
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• Staddle stones
  ...aries above the ground thereby protecting the stored grain from vermin and water seepage. In Middle English staddle or stadle is stathel, from Old English ' ...tower mill]] at [[Reigate]] on the Wray Common ceased to work in 1895. The mill had a granary standing next to it, supported by a large number of staddle s
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• Confined space
  ...construction site are defined differently than confined spaces in a paper mill. Confined spaces that present special [[hazard]]s to [[worker]]s, including ...ven pumps over two days to pump the water out. On the second day, when the water level was lower, it became apparent that neither of the pumps was fitted wi
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• Occupational asthma
  ...tated at body temperature, and the pressure will have to be saturated with water vapor to get the correct values. This is because, if the spirometer is dry Flour mill workers, bakers, farm workers, grain handlers
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• Mining
  ...e resource]] (e.g., [[petroleum]], [[natural gas]], or even [[fossil water|water]]). ...ge volumes of water brought to the minehead by numerous [[aqueduct]]s. The water was used for a variety of purposes, including using it to remove overburden
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• Chelation
  ...ngs in [[hemoglobin]] and [[chlorophyll]]. Many microbial species produce water-soluble pigments that serve as chelating agents, termed [[siderophores]]. F ...[[steam engineering]], e.g., [[boiler water treatment system]]: ''Chelant Water Treatment system.''
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