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How we are clothed ; a geographical reader (1904)

Chamberlain, James Franklin, 1869-1943 · London : Macmillan & Co. · leaf 118

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t thecolor is put on with a brush. Kid gloves are made from the skins of younggoats and lambs. Leather has been used for a long, long time,as is the case with cotton and flax. We read inthe Bible of a tanner by the name of Simon,who lived in the city of Joppa. There were tanners among the first… … WHERE THE MACKINTOSH GROWS The rain had been falling steadily all themorning. The wind drove it angrily againstthe window panes, down which it ran in sheets.What a noise it made as it spouted from thegutters of the houses on to the pavement! Thedull, gray clouds seemed to trail along the topsof the…

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