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Report of the Flax and hemp commission (1865)

United States. Dept. of Agriculture · [Washington · leaf 73

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No. 9 from Dr. Ure, best sea island cotton, of which lace and fine muslin aremade. Fibres one one-thousandth of an inch in diameter; tortuous semi-cylinders of uniform size. 7 J SUBSTITUTING FLAX OR HEMP FOR COTTON No. 10. X HL /.I X ■ _ … Religious cotton, of which fabrics are worn by the Bramins; a very flimsyfibre. (Dr. Ure.)

Flax · Hemp · Textile fibers

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