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2. Rubber band - Wikipedia

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   A rubber band ball is a sphere of rubber bands made by using a knotted single band as a starting point and then wrapping rubber bands around the center until the desired size is achieved. The ball is usually made from 100% rubber bands, but some instructions call for using a marble , [ 16 ] a crumpled piece of paper , or a ping-pong ball [ 17 ...

3. Royal Mail rubber band - Wikipedia

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   About 10 Royal Mail rubber bands, on top of a letter size guide. A Royal Mail rubber band is a small red elastic loop used by the postal delivery service in the United Kingdom. In the course of its work, the Royal Mail consumes nearly one billion rubber bands per year to tie together bundles of letters at sorting offices. [1]

4. Rubber elasticity - Wikipedia

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   Rubber elasticity is the ability of solid rubber to be stretched up to a factor of 10 from its original length, and return to close to its original length upon release. This process can be repeated many times with no apparent degradation to the rubber. [1] Rubber, like all materials, consists of molecules.

5. Silly Bandz - Wikipedia

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   The original shaped silicone rubber bands were created in 2002 by the Japanese design team Passkey Design, Yumiko Ohashi, and Masonar Haneda. [1] [2] They made the bands in cute animal shapes to encourage sustainability by discouraging people from treating the rubber bands as disposable. [3] [2] Sold under the brand name Animal Rubber Bands ...

6. Elastics (orthodontics) - Wikipedia

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   Natural rubber, used by the Incan and Mayan cultures, was the first known elastomer. Charles Goodyear developed the process of vulcanization, [4] after which the use of natural rubber increased. Henry Albert Baker is the first person known to have used elastics to correct the position of teeth. In the late 1800s he named his elastic wear the ...

7. Talk:Rubber band - Wikipedia

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   4 Rubber band manipulation image. 5 History of Rubber Band Sizes. 6 How are rubber bands made? 1 comment. 7 Pointless article? 1 comment. 8 Question about the August ...

8. Alliance Rubber Company - Wikipedia

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   Alliance Rubber Company is an American manufacturer of natural rubber bands. The company was originally located in Alliance, Ohio , but is now headquartered in Hot Springs, Arkansas . It was founded by William H. Spencer in 1923.

9. Harley-Davidson Hummer - Wikipedia

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   The front suspension used girder forks suspended by large rubber bands, which proved to be problematic because they broke and were unavailable from H.D. after the early 1960s. A two-man seat was an available option, but proved to be unpopular likely because the machine was underpowered for two.