Linen
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A single encyclopedia entry on linen from Zell's Encyclopedia. It outlines the history of linen from ancient Egypt through the Romans and the Middle Ages, then describes the mechanized steps of flax processing: scutching, heckling, drawing, roving and wet spinning. It also explains the lea system for numbering flax yarn and notes the introduction of the linen industry to the United States in 1834.
- 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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