Hemp
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A short dictionary entry on the early history of hemp as a fiber plant. It cites Herodotus on hemp in Scythia and Thrace, Hesychius on Thracian hemp sheets, and Moschion on hempen ropes aboard the Syracusia. It also covers the Greek and Roman use of tow for calking, hemp among the Anglo-Saxons, and the spread of hempen cloth in Europe by the thirteenth century. It ends with a cross-reference to appliances for treating hemp and other fibers.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1876
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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