Fibre
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An encyclopedia article on textile fibres. It surveys the mineral, animal and vegetable materials used for cordage and cloth, covering wool and hair, silk and byssus, and bast, fruit and leaf fibres, and how they are extracted. It ends with a classified list of fibrous plants arranged by botanical order, split into exogenous and endogenous plants.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1881
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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