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A seven-fold tie is an unlined construction variant of the four-in-hand necktie which pre-existed the use of interlining. Its creation at the end of the 19th century is attributed to the Parisian shirtmaker Washington Tremlett for an American customer. [13] A seven-fold tie is constructed completely out of silk.
Create the first knit stitch on your right needle: Insert the needle from left to right into the first stitch. Wrap yarn over from left to right. Pull the yarn through to create a loop on your ...
A tie in building construction is an element in tension rather than compression and most collar beams are designed to work in compression to keep the rafters from sagging. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] A collar near the bottom of the rafters may replace a tie beam and be designed to keep the rafters from spreading, thus are in tension: these are correctly called ...
A railroad tie, crosstie (American English), railway tie (Canadian English) or railway sleeper (Australian and British English) is a rectangular support for the rails in railroad tracks. Generally laid perpendicular to the rails, ties transfer loads to the track ballast and subgrade , hold the rails upright and keep them spaced to the correct ...
Tiebacks to reinforce a slurry wall at Ground Zero, New York. In geotechnical engineering, a tieback is a structural element installed in soil or rock to transfer applied tensile load into the ground.