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From wool to cloth (1904)

Shaw, Joseph T. [from old catalog] · [Providence, R. I., Printed by Livermore & Knight co. · leaf 27

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saying that the worsted fabrics consist ofyarns in which fibres of wool are laid parallel,and the woolen cloths being composed of wooiensyarn in which the fibres are crisscrossed. It is obvious, then, that in the worstedsonly the long staples can be used, while inthe woolen the shorter fibres can… … Carding at the Assabet the methods in vogue at the AmericanWoolen Companys mills and particularly at jj^Q^gj.,,the Washington and the Assabet plants. MethodsThese two mills are respectively the largestand best equipped plants for mens wearworsted fabrics and mens wear woolen clothsin the world and…

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