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  2. Prong setting - Wikipedia

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    A prong set diamond in a gold ring.. Prong setting or prong mount refers to the use of metal projections or tines, called "prongs", to secure a gemstone to a piece of jewelry.A prong setting is one component of what is known to jewelers as a head, a claw-shaped type of binding (typically three, four, or six individual prongs per head) that is welded or soldered to a jewelry item to mount (or ...

  3. Inoculation loop - Wikipedia

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    An inoculation loop (also called a smear loop, inoculation wand or microstreaker) is a simple tool used mainly by microbiologists to pick up and transfer a small sample of microorganisms called inoculum from a microbial culture, e.g. for streaking on a culture plate.

  4. Wire wrapped jewelry - Wikipedia

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    The key differences between making jewelry by wire wrapping and other approaches to making jewelry are two-fold; Wire wrapped jewelry is made of wire and sometimes findings similar to wire (head-pins, jump rings, etc.) Wire wrapped jewelry is made using mechanical connections between components and without soldering or other heat treatments.

  5. Private military company - Wikipedia

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    David Stirling, founder of the SAS, founded a PMC in the 1960s.. Modern PMCs trace their origins back to a group of ex-SAS veterans in 1965 who, under the leadership of the founder of the SAS, David Stirling and John Woodhouse, founded WatchGuard International (formerly with offices in Sloane Street before moving to South Audley Street in Mayfair) as a private company that could be contracted ...

  6. Metal clay - Wikipedia

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    PMC works drying on a mug warmer. PMC was developed in the early 1990s in Japan by metallurgist Masaki Morikawa. [3] As a solid-phase sintered product of a precious metal powder used to form a precious metal article, [1] the material consists of microscopic particles of pure silver or fine gold and a water-soluble, non-toxic, organic binder that burns off during firing.

  7. Gene gun - Wikipedia

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    The gene gun apparatus is ready to fire. Helium fills the chamber and pressure builds against the rupture disk. The pressure eventually reaches the point where the rupture disk breaks, and the resulting burst of helium propels the DNA/gold-coated macrocarrier ('Plastic Disk') into the stopping screen.

  8. List of aviation, avionics, aerospace and aeronautical ...

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    A flight deck manual, usually part of a Quick Reference Handbook: CLR Clear Seen on GFA and is used for sky coverage CMC central maintenance computer CMM component maintenance manual CMO Certificate Management Office: FAA CMV converted meteorological visibility: CMPA complex motor-powered aircraft CMU Communications Management Unit CNS

  9. Rio Grande (company) - Wikipedia

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    Rio Grande, a Berkshire Hathaway Company since 2013, offers jewelry-making supplies. While specializing in silver findings and fabrication materials, the company also provides metalsmithing tools and equipment, jewelry displays and packaging products, jewelry workbenches, casting machines and kilns, soldering and welding torches, gemstones ...