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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 476

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HafelX. … FELT BY THE ANCIENTS. 435 consequently that the interior of the helmet was a commonskull-cap. Being generally thicker than common cloth, felt presented amore effectual obstacle to missile weapons. Hence, when thesoldiers under Julius Caesar were much annoyed by Pompeysarchers, they made shirts or…

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