A complete dictionary of dry goods and history of silk, linen, wool and other fibrous substances (1892)
Cole, George S. [from old catalog] · Chicago, W. B. Conkey company] · leaf 404
ys loses a portion of its length in twisting, the loss beingproportionate to the thickness of the yarn, and the hardness of the twist.If two bobbins containing the same counts are twisted together, the countwill become half of what it was before [See Thread], just as the weightwill be double. In… … APPENDIX A. LENGTH AND RANGE OF SIZES. The garments for the various parts of the human body, together withnumerous articles of dry goods devoted to the use of the same, are differen-tiated into sizes according to the necessities of the parts and the natureof the materials used. The table below…
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