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  2. Tufting - Wikipedia

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    A tufting gun is a tool commonly used to automate the tufting process, more specifically in the realm of rug making. The yarn is fed through a hollow needle, that penetrates the stretched cloth backing for a modifiable length. [2] They can usually create two types of rugs, a cut or loop pile.

  3. Tuft (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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    Their motion can be observed and recorded to locate air flow features such as boundary layer separation and reattachment. Tufting is, therefore, a technique for flow visualization. They are used during flight testing to study air flow direction, strength, and boundary layer properties. [citation needed]

  4. Tufting (composites) - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] Tufting is considered a more economical and flexible method compared to 3D weaving or 3D braiding to include z-fibres in laminated composites. [2] It resembles stitching, but it is different in that tufting only requires access from one side of the preform. Depending on the equipment used, all shapes and forms may potentially ...

  5. Larkin Company - Wikipedia

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    The Larkin Company, also known as the Larkin Soap Company, was a company founded in 1875 in Buffalo, New York as a small soap factory. It grew tremendously throughout the late 1800s and into the first quarter of the 1900s with an approach called "The Larkin Idea" that transformed the company into a mail-order conglomerate that employed 2,000 people and had annual sales of $28.6 million ...

  6. Soap made from human corpses - Wikipedia

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    During the Nuremberg trials, Sigmund Mazur, a laboratory assistant at the Danzig Anatomical Institute, testified that soap had been made from corpse fat at the institute, and he also claimed that 70 to 80 kg (155–175 lb) of fat which was collected from 40 bodies could produce more than 25 kg (55 lb) of soap, and the finished soap was retained ...

  7. Total fatty matter - Wikipedia

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    Total fatty matter (TFM) is one of the most important characteristics describing the quality of soap and is always specified in commercial transactions. It is defined as the total amount of fatty matter, mostly fatty acids, that can be separated from a sample after splitting with a mineral acid, usually hydrochloric acid.

  8. Jay Johnson (ventriloquist) - Wikipedia

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    The show is aided and abetted by a cast of ventriloquated characters, including his Soap alter ego, Bob. Johnson won the 2007 Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event for the show. He is the only ventriloquist to ever be nominated and win an American Theatre Wing Tony Award or an Ovation Award .

  9. Saponaria officinalis - Wikipedia

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    This plant has many common names, [2] including common soapwort, [3] bouncing-bet, [3] crow soap, [2] wild sweet William, [2] and soapweed. [4] There are about 20 species of soapworts altogether. The scientific name Saponaria is derived from the Latin sapo (stem sapon- ) meaning "soap", which, like its common name, refers to its utility in ...