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The history of silk, cotton, linen, wool, and other fibrous substances : including observations on spinning, dyeing, and weaving : also an account of the pastoral life of the ancients, their social state and attainments in the domestic arts : with appendices on Pliny's Natural history, on the origin and manufacture of linen and cotton paper, on felting, netting, &c., deduced from copious and authentic sources (1845)

Gilroy, Clinton G · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 153

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Silk-Worm. Cocoons, Quy&aHs, Hotks. and Pinna. CHAPTER VIII, GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE CHINESE MODEOF REARING SILK-WORMS, &c. Great antiquity of the silk-manufacture in China—Time and mode of pruning theMulberry-tree—Not allowed to exceed a certain height—Mode of planting—Situation of…

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