Ramie
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Encyclopedia article on ramie (rhea, China-grass), a bast fibre from Boehmeria species. It covers botany, varieties, cultivation and geographic range, hand and machine decortication, degumming, and the problems of spinning a fibre of variable length. It also notes the fibre's properties (strong, lustrous, but brittle and hairy) and its uses, such as gas mantles, paper, ropes, nets and fabrics.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1911
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
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