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| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Tends machine that polishes hand-starched skeins of jacquard twine: Hangs skeins on pole and stretches skein to specified length. Removes laces that bind skeins and dips skeins into starch barrel. Attaches ends of starched skeins to hook that is rotated by handcrank and turns crank to wring excess starch from skeins. Spreads skeins on rollers of polishing machine and starts machine. Observes operation of machine and spreads strands to prevent bunching. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4A 41 43 51 55 41 52 44 2D 54 57 49 4E 45 2D 50 4F 4C 49 53 48 45 52 4F 50 45 52 41 54 4F 52 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001010 01000001 01000011 01010001 01010101 01000001 01010010 01000100 00101101 01010100 01010111 01001001 01001110 01000101 00101101 01010000 01001111 01001100 01001001 01010011 01001000 01000101 01010010 00100000 01001111 01010000 01000101 01010010 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)J A C Q U A R D - T W I N E - P O L I S H E R   O P E R A T O R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004A 0041 0043 0051 0055 0041 0052 0044 002D 0054 0057 0049 004E 0045 002D 0050 004F 004C 0049 0053 0048 0045 0052 004F 0050 0045 0052 0041 0054 004F 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)443537515535523815545743483915504946435342395224950395235544952 |
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