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  2. Richard Gurley Drew - Wikipedia

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    Richard Gurley Drew (June 22, 1899 – December 14, 1980) was an American inventor who worked for Johnson and Johnson, Permacel Co., and 3M in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he invented masking tape and cellophane tape.

  3. Scotch tape - Wikipedia

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    [8] [9] The name was soon applied to the entire line of 3M tapes. Scotty McTape, a kilt-wearing cartoon boy, was the brand's mascot for two decades, first appearing in 1944. [10] The familiar tartan design, a take on the well-known Wallace tartan, was introduced in 1945. [10] The Scotch brand, Scotch Tape and Magic Tape are registered ...

  4. Self-amalgamating tape - Wikipedia

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    Self-amalgamating tape is a non-tacky silicone rubber tape that when stretched and wrapped around cables, electrical joints, hoses, and pipes combines or unites itself into a strong, seamless, rubbery, waterproof, and electrically insulating layer.

  5. Masking tape - Wikipedia

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    Masking tape Painter's tape, a type of masking tape typically used to ensure clean edges on wall painting. A low tack masking tape. Masking tape used on a helicopter. Masking tape, also known as painter's tape, is a type of pressure-sensitive tape made of a thin and easy-to-tear paper, and an easily released pressure-sensitive adhesive.

  6. 3M bookshelf game series - Wikipedia

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    The games were produced by 3M from 1962 to 1975, under the complete company name, The Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company. By the mid-1970s, gaming trends had shifted to pen-and-paper role playing games and the 3M game division was suffering losses. In 1976, the entire line was sold to Avalon Hill, which produced a competing line of ...

  7. Detectable tape - Wikipedia

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    Detectable tape or Underground warning tape is a conductive tape typically applied over buried utilities made of non-conductive materials such as plastic, fiberglass, or cement. It is used because most utility location methods work best on conductive objects, and hence may easily miss structures made of non-conductive materials.

  8. St. Paul (oratorio) - Wikipedia

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    The libretto "after words of holy scripture" was begun in 1832. The composer with pastor Julius Schubring, a childhood friend, compiled passages from the New Testament, chiefly the Acts of the Apostles, and the Old, as well as the texts of chorales and hymns, in a polyglot manner after Bach's model.

  9. BRICS - Wikipedia

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    BRICS is an intergovernmental organization consisting of ten countries—Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates.