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Scientific American, Vol. 45, No. 18 (October 1881) (1881)

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to "kemps" in wool. Cotton Fiber in its Relations to Technical Applications," This kempy structure seems to be more frequent in short Mr. F. II. Bowman holds that the best practical division is than in long fibers, and probably varies with the climatic that of herbaceous, shrub, and tree cotton.… … manner in which the fiber is distributed about the seeds in COTTON FIBERS SHOWING SPIRAL STRUCTURE. A. Fiber of Chinese wool.—B. Fiber of Leicestershire wool.—C. Fiber the boll is shown in Figs. 1 and 3. of coUon.—D. Fiber of silt.—E. Fiber of mohair. The relative strengths of the different sorts…

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