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2. History of sewing patterns - Wikipedia

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   A sewing pattern is the template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto woven or knitted fabrics before being cut out and assembled. Patterns are usually made of paper, and are sometimes made of sturdier materials like paperboard or cardboard if they need to be more robust to withstand repeated use. Before the mid-19th century, many ...

3. Torrington Company - Wikipedia

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   The Torrington Company was a firm that developed in Torrington, Connecticut, originally called the Excelsior Needle Company.It was formed in 1866 around the new idea of using a "cold swaging" technique to create better sewing machine needles, but also produced a lot of other things as it got bigger, since the 1950/ focusing mainly on producing bearings, especially needle bearings.

4. Pattern (sewing) - Wikipedia

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   Pattern (sewing) Three patterns for pants (2022) Pattern making is taught on a scale of 1:4, otherwise the paper consumption would be far too large. In sewing and fashion design, a pattern is the template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto woven or knitted fabrics before being cut out and assembled.

5. Pager - Wikipedia

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   Pager. A pager, also known as a beeper or bleeper, [1] is a wireless telecommunications device that receives and displays alphanumeric or voice messages. One-way pagers can only receive messages, while response pagers and two-way pagers can also acknowledge, reply to, and originate messages using an internal transmitter. [2]

6. Gone with the Wind (novel) - Wikipedia

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   Plot Part I On April 15, 1861, it is the eve of a rebellion in which seven southern states declare their secession from the United States (the "Union") over a desire to continue the institution of slavery, which was the economic engine of the South. In one of those states, Georgia, the family of wealthy Irish immigrant Gerald O'Hara owns a plantation (Tara). The oldest of the three O'Hara ...

7. Narragansett Pier Railroad - Wikipedia

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   The Narragansett Pier Railroad (reporting mark NAP) was a railroad in southern Rhode Island, running 8 miles (13 km) from West Kingston to Narragansett Pier.It was built by the Hazard Family of Rhode Island to connect their textile mills in Peace Dale and Wakefield to the New York, Providence and Boston Railroad at Kingston Station as well as to ocean-going steamboats at Narragansett Pier.