Woollen and Worsted Manufactures
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Encyclopedia article on the woollen and worsted industries, from the medieval history of English wool manufacture through the 1870s. It describes the stages of making woollen cloth (sorting, scouring, willying, carding, spinning, fulling, teasing, shearing, dyeing) and the different processes for worsted, including wool-combing machines (Heilmann, Lister). It lists cloth types and fabric classes by fibre content, discusses shoddy and cotton warps, and gives regional centres and 1875 factory, operative, import and export statistics for the United Kingdom.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1881
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 5
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