Cotton and other vegetable fibres : their production and utilisation (1917)
Goulding, Ernest, 1870- · London : Murray · leaf 157
ettle {Urtica dioica)was used, especially in Germany and Picardy, for theproduction of yarns which were woven into the so-called nesseltuch (or nettle-cloth), which wascapable of being bleached as white as linen. A fewyears ago, a method was devised for extracting thisfibre on a commercial scale… … From the Collections of the Imperial Institute Jute [Corchorus capsiilaris)a. Capsule. b. Flower. 131 CHAPTER VI JUTE AND SIMILAR FIBRES Jute is one of the cheapest fibres, and is used lor themanufacture of coarse fabrics, such as sacking, hes-sians, horse-cloths and inexpensive carpets, and…
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