glass thread

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Well, so did boats built of glass thread and resin.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now the workmen draw back the iron rods, which are still attached to the hot mass, and a glass thread is seen connecting them to the centre ball.

From Little Folks (July 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various

Take 1/2 in. of the platinum wire and slip it through the fine hole made by breaking the glass thread so that one-half of the wire will be inside of the long tube.

From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.

Clamp the top of the tuning fork firmly above the smoked drum, adjusting it so that the point of the glass thread rests on the smoked paper.

From Common Science by Ritchie, John W. (John Woodside)

A thick glass thread is wound around the neck.

From Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy by Stockton, Frank Richard