Fibre
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Encyclopedia article defining 'fibre' and surveying the animal, vegetable and mineral fibres used for textiles, cordage and other purposes. It covers wool, hair, silk and byssus, then bast, structural and surface plant fibres, how they are separated, a chemical test for separating wool or silk from cotton, and the principal commercial fibres with their regions of production. It ends with six categories of use and a short bibliography.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1922
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 3
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