A practical handbook of dyeing and calico-printing. With eleven page-plates, forty-seven specimens of dyed and printed fabrics, and thirty-eight woodcuts (1874)
Crookes, William, 1832-1919 · London, Longmans, Green · leaf 128
w … of measurements, the average length of the fibre of Phormium will be foundto be nearly twice that of the others ; while the average diameter is not morethan half that of Manilla, which is again much less than that of Sizal. Thecell wall of Phormium is also much thinner than that of either of the…
Dyes and dyeing · Calico-printing
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