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  2. Sewing machine needle - Wikipedia

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    A sewing machine needle is a specialized needle for use in a sewing machine. A sewing machine needle consists of: [1] shank - clamped by the sewing machine's needle holder. shoulder - where the thick shank tapers down to the shaft. shaft - a length suitable for driving the eye and thread through the material and down to the bobbin.

  3. Birmingham gauge - Wikipedia

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    In medicine, the Birmingham gauge specifies the outside diameter of hypodermic needles, catheters, cannulae and suture wires. It was originally developed in early 19th-century England for use in wire manufacture, and began appearing in a medical setting in the early 20th century. Another common needle gauge system is the French catheter scale.

  4. Sewing needle - Wikipedia

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    A sewing needle, used for hand- sewing, is a long slender tool with a pointed tip at one end and a hole (or eye) to hold the sewing thread. The earliest needles were made of bone or wood; modern needles are manufactured from high carbon steel wire and are nickel - or 18K gold -plated for corrosion resistance. High-quality embroidery needles are ...

  5. Needlepoint - Wikipedia

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    Needlepoint is a type of canvas work, a form of embroidery in which yarn is stitched through a stiff open weave canvas. Traditionally needlepoint designs completely cover the canvas. [1] Although needlepoint may be worked in a variety of stitches, many needlepoint designs use only a simple tent stitch and rely upon color changes in the yarn to ...

  6. Schiffli embroidery machine - Wikipedia

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    The schiffli embroidery machine is a multi-needle, industrial embroidery machine. It was invented by Isaak Gröbli in 1863. [1] It was used to create various types of machine embroidery and certain types of lace. It was especially used in the textile industry of eastern Switzerland and Saxony Germany, but also in the United Kingdom and the ...

  7. French catheter scale - Wikipedia

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    An increasing French size corresponds to a larger external diameter. This is contrary to Birmingham gauge, where an increasing gauge corresponds to a smaller diameter needle. The French size is a measure of the outer diameter of a catheter (not internal drainage channel, or inner diameter). So, for example, if a two-way catheter of 20 Fr is ...

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