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History and manufacture of floor coverings (1899)

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he operation of winding the yarn on the rodrepeated as before. :^!^ CHAPTER XV.Floor Oil Cloth . IN the manufacture of floor oil cloth the first step is thepreparation of the foundation, which is composed of juteburlap. It is necessary to size the foundation, and in making nar-row oil cloths the… … GREEN. BLACK. drawn through the troughs by means of rollers, which pressthe surplus sizing out of the cloth as it passes betweenthem. The sized surface is then rubbed thoroughly with piecesof pumice stone, this operation being performed either byhand or by a simple mechanical arrangement, in which…

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