Primers

The main purpose of most primers is to improve the adhesion of the finish paint by providing a non-glossy surface that binds the surface to be painted and the finish paint. ❋ Gene Austin (2010)

To bore-sight a scope-mounted 12-gauge shotgun barrel, remove the primers from a spent 12-gauge shell and a spent 20-gauge shell. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They were often excerpted in primers to teach children to read. ❋ Unknown (1824)

These are the items in my cigar box they must not see - comic-book style primers from the Chinese Nationalist press with their Koumintang party seal, the Chinese calligraphy books, the party youth membership card they gave us, the jar of black ink, and the bamboo brushes. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Dimitris - Excellent suggestion except that the primers were their own. ❋ Microbiologist Xx (2009)

Small charges of dry gun-cotton, known as primers, are generally used to explode wet gun-cotton. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

Scientists begin by designing two short pieces of DNA called "primers" that flank a particular genetic sequence of interest. ❋ John Timmer (2011)

Technicians add 26 short pieces of DNA, called primers: sequences of the chemicals C, A, T and G that link to the beginning and end of each of the 13 sites. 4 Replication: When a primer attaches to the beginning of one of the 13 sites, it acts like the "start" button on a photocopying machine, turning on cellular machinery that makes 1 million copies or more of each site. 5 Identification: Copies of the 13 sites each about 100 to 600 chemical letters long, are separated by size through gel electrophoresis. ❋ Unknown (2008)

You may remember that "primers" are the simple books used to teach small children, like the Dick and Jane reading series, My Little Book of Dinosaurs, or So You Want to be a Lobbyist. ❋ RJ (2010)

The AR rifles should be used with MILSPEC primers, meaning that they aren't that sensitive. ❋ Unknown (2008)

They think 30 Children or thereabout will Sufficiently employ one person… In addition, the letter listed the books, such as primers, printed Anglican sermons, and other religious tracts, that would be sent for use at the school. ❋ Maggiemac (2008)

The collection includes teaching materials for bilingual education and language revitalization programs in indigenous communities, such as primers, readers, and textbooks on a variety of subjects, written in indigenous languages. ❋ Unknown (2004)

These religious "primers" were printed between the years 1583 and 1590, at Lima. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

You may remember that "primers" are the simple books used to teach small children, like the ❋ RJ (2010)

Since 1996, Wire magazine has been publishing "primers" on experimental and underground music. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When I worked in a uni lab, it only cost about £20 to do this and many researchers will have the 'primers' already in-house. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"primers," beginning at the very beginning of each subject and working methodically onwards. ❋ J. Arthur Thomson (1897)

The "Liber Abbaci" inspired a flood of regionally produced and lesser primers on the subject. ❋ Alan Hirshfeld (2011)

I chose the die I needed for pressing out the spent primers and resizing the cases, screwing it into the top of the loading press. ❋ Lori Armstrong (2011)

In other words, the E.R. Shaw Mark VII rifle was shooting 100-grain Nosler Ballistic Tip handloads (all with the same exact H-100-V powder loading, same primers, and same exact cartridge OAL) through the same bullet hole. ❋ Unknown (2009)