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The Spider Thread Astronomers Used

Cowan records an unexpected use for spider silk: astronomers used the strongest thread supporting a web for micrometer divisions, the fine marks on a measuring instrument. He adds that the thread could stretch by about a fifth of its ordinary length[1].

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