1 E-5 m
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- 10 µm -- Width of cotton fibre
- 12 µm -- Width of acrylic fibre
- 13 µm -- Width of nylon fibre
- 14 µm -- Width of polyester fibre
- 15 µm -- Width of silk fibre
- 17 µm -- Dust mite excreta ¹ (http://www.ristenbatt.com/filt_eff.htm)
- 20 µm -- Width of wool fibre
- 25.4 µm -- 1/1000 inch, commonly referred to as 1 mil
- 80 µm -- average width of human hair (ranges from 18 to 180 µm)
- Longer lengths
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conceit." In Kind are her Answers the long syllables and the
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"a wave of the sea."
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to be away, and they depressed and even confused his metrical play,
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began again and again with the onset of a true poet. Take, for
"touching in its majesty"-
"Awake, thou spring of speaking grace; mute rest becomes not thee!"
Who would have guessed that the piece was to close in a jogging
speechless, with these two final lines -
"If speech be then the best of graces,
gloom in this -
"Follow thy fair sun, unhappy shadow!"
And a single joy in this -
"Oh, what unhoped-for sweet supply!"
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two poems of profounder imagination (however imperfect), and by a
their quibbling). But the work of choosing among his lyrics for
the inspiration, and the poet's absolute disregard of the moment of
enough for extracting a short poem, but must not be made to bear
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