Lin [Flax]
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A 20-page French encyclopedia article on flax (lin) and, in part, hemp, from a dictionary of arts, manufactures and agriculture. It covers the history of flax use from antiquity (citing Pliny) and Philippe de Girard's invention of mechanical flax spinning, then its spread through Leeds, Belfast, Belgium and northern France. It also describes flax cultivation and grades, retting, breaking, scutching, combing, drawing, roving and dry and hot-water spinning, with many engraved machine figures. It ends with tables of power requirements and daily output per 100 spindles.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1891
- Language
- French
- Pages
- 20
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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