Ramie (Rhea), China Grass: The New Textile Fibre; All About It
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A 1910 technical handbook on ramie (rhea, China grass) for planters, manufacturers and merchants. It covers the botany and varieties of the plant, soil, climate and cultivation, decortication machines, degumming, combing, drawing, roving and spinning, plus brief treatment of weaving, dyeing and finishing. It also surveys the industry in Britain, Europe, the United States, South Africa, India and China, the uses of ramie yarns, and how to manufacture the fibre profitably. It is illustrated with many photographs of decorticators and spinning-preparation machinery, and ends with an index and publisher's advertisements.
- Type
- Book
- Date
- 1910
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 193
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