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[3] Leil Gray died in 1958, and was succeeded as president by Harry A. Murphy. [3] He was succeeded in turn by David A Koch in 1962. [3] The company continued to expand, helped by the 1957 introduction of the airless spray gun. By 1969, when Gray Company went public and changed its name to Graco, it had annual sales of $33 million. [3]
A diagram of the flat scissors. A flat scissors maneuver typically results when two fighters of similar capability encounter each other at similar speeds and in the same plane of motion, and the attacking fighter has failed to press an initial positional and angular advantage into a kill, and has "overshot", or passed behind the defender.
Rolling scissors, also called vertical scissors, tend to happen after a high-speed overshoot from above. The defender reverses into a vertical climb and into a barrel roll over the top, forcing the attacker to attempt to follow. The advantage lies in the aircraft that can pull its nose through the top or bottom of the turn faster.
An electric trimmer. Electric hair clippers work in a similar way as manual ones, but are driven by an electric motor which makes the blades oscillate from side to side. [6] They have gradually displaced manual hair clippers in many countries. Three different motor types are used in clipper production: magnetic, rotary and pivot.
The noun scissors is treated as a plural noun, and therefore takes a plural verb (e.g., these scissors are). [1] Alternatively, the tool is referred to by the singular phrase a pair of scissors. [2] The word shears is used to describe similar instruments that are larger in size and for heavier cutting. [3]
Scissor Sisters have recorded songs for four studio albums.. American pop music group Scissor Sisters have recorded songs for four studio albums.The group was founded in 2001 by Babydaddy (Scott Hoffman), Jake Shears (Jason Sellards), Ana Matronic (Ana Lynch), Del Marquis (Derek Gruen) and Paddy Boom (Patrick Seacor). [1]
A scissors mechanism uses linked, folding supports in a criss-cross 'X' pattern. [1] The scissor mechanism is a mechanical linkage system used to create vertical motion or extension. It consists of a series of interconnected, folding supports that resemble the shape of a pair of scissors, hence its name.
Knife and scissor grinder sharpening a knife on a water-cooled grinding wheel, 2018.. A scissor grinder (German: Scherenschleifer), sometimes also scissor and knife grinder or knife and scissor grinder, for short also knife grinder, is a craftsman who sharpens and repairs blunt knives, scissors and other cutting tools.