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Rivets and buttons are engraved with her flowers and logo.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2023

Rivets that connect the plate and beams were feared to be permanently weakened when a vertical beam was yanked inward during the crash Dec. 15.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2022

Rivets shear or rip out their holes sooner than the girders break.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rivets that loosened or popped off will be examined to determine the direction and force of the pressures to which they were subjected.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rivets made in open dies are liable to have a fin on the shank, which prevents a close fit into the holes of the plates.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 by Various