Fulling
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Encyclopedia article on fulling (milling) of cloth, from Rees's Cyclopedia. It covers the history of the art, the construction and operation of the water- or steam-driven fulling mill with its stocks, beaters, lifters and trough, and Colmet's method of fulling woollen cloth with soap. It also treats the fulling of stockings and caps, and the fulling of hat felt with wine lees versus sulphuric acid. A plate of the friction and fulling mill is included.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1819
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 4
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