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A Ceylonese Singer sewing machine advertisement card from 1892. The Singer Corporation entered the Sri Lankan market in 1877 with the sale of sewing machines. [1] The company was incorporated as a limited liability company in 1974 and became a quoted company in the Colombo Stock Exchange in 1981.
Lacquer dish with Chinese character for longevity, mid 16th century Maki-e sake bottle with Tokugawa clan's mon, Japan, Edo period Lacquer plate, Nam Định province, Vietnam, Nguyễn dynasty. Lacquer is a type of hard and usually shiny coating or finish applied to materials such as wood or
Singer Corporation is an American manufacturer of consumer sewing machines, first established as I. M. Singer & Co. in 1851 by Isaac M. Singer with New York lawyer Edward C. Clark. Best known for its sewing machines, it was renamed Singer Manufacturing Company in 1865, then the Singer Company in 1963.
Laksha is a traditional form of lacquerware from Sri Lanka which is made from shellac derived from Lac. In India, the insect lac or shellac was used since ancient times. Shellac is the secretion of the lac bug ( Tachardia lacca Kerr. or Laccifer lacca ).
The conservation and restoration of lacquerware prevents and mitigates deterioration or damage to objects made with lacquer. The two main types of lacquer are Asian, made with sap from the Urushi tree, and European, made with a variety of shellac and natural resins. Lacquer can be damaged by age, light, water, temperature, or damaged substrate.
An acetate disc (also known as a lacquer, test acetate, dubplate, or transcription disc) is a type of phonograph record generally used from the 1930s to the late 1950s for recording and broadcast purposes. Despite their name, "acetate" discs do not contain any acetate. Lacquer-coated discs are used for the production of records.
Conformal coating is a protective, breathable coating of thin polymeric film applied to printed circuit boards (PCBs). Conformal coatings are typically applied with 25–250 μm [ 1 ] thickness on electronic circuitry to protect against moisture and other substances.
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