Fiber
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Encyclopedia article on plant fibers from the Universal Cyclopaedia and Atlas (pp. 317-320). It covers the chemical and physical properties of vegetable fibers, then describes individual fibers: cotton, bombax wool, vegetable silk, New Zealand flax, aloe, Manilla hemp, agave, coir, pineapple, flax, hemp, jute, ramie, esparto, paper mulberry and woody fibers. It gives cell dimensions, sources, uses and regional quality notes, with microscope figures of cotton, flax, hemp, jute, spruce and poplar fibers. It ends with chemical tests and microscopic criteria for telling fibers apart. Signed E. M. Schaeffer.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1902
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 4
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