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Occupations | Tends machine that coats uncured rubber or rubber-coated fabric strips and winds them on drum to make straps for rubber footwear: Computes number and kind of books required, and keeps production chart. Places strip at back of drum, threads end through guides and cement-filled reservoir, and inserts end in groove of drum to secure it. Turns handwheel to regulate machine speed and starts machine that winds strip onto drum so that each turn abuts and adheres to edge of one previously wound. Stops machine when drum is filled and pulls knife along drum groove and across wound strip to form sheet of strips. Pulls sheet from drum onto cutting table, using stick, and cuts sheets into strips of specified length with knife, using triangular cutting bar as guide. Lifts rows of cut strips with stick and places them in book. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 55 43 4B 4C 45 2D 53 54 52 41 50 2D 44 52 55 4D 4F 50 45 52 41 54 4F 52 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01010101 01000011 01001011 01001100 01000101 00101101 01010011 01010100 01010010 01000001 01010000 00101101 01000100 01010010 01010101 01001101 00100000 01001111 01010000 01000101 01010010 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B U C K L E - S T R A P - D R U M   O P E R A T O R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0055 0043 004B 004C 0045 002D 0053 0054 0052 0041 0050 002D 0044 0052 0055 004D 004F 0050 0045 0052 0041 0054 004F 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)365537454639155354523550153852554724950395235544952 |
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