Coir
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A short encyclopedia entry defining coir, the strong fibre prepared from coconut husks and widely used in the East Indies for cables and cordage. It summarizes the experiments Dr. William Roxburgh of Calcutta sent to the Society of Arts, London, in 1801 and 1806, comparing the strength of hemp and about twenty other vegetable fibres when white, tanned and tarred, fresh and after maceration in water.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1819
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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