The structure of fibres, yarns and fabrics : being a practical treatise for the use of all persons employed in the manufacture of textile fabrics (1891)
Posselt, E. A. (Emanuel Anthony), 1858-1921 · Philadelphia : The Author · leaf 95
countries where naturalized by itself in a following chapter. Amongst such of the wool as is frequently imported from Europe to this country is the product of the Fat-rumped Sheep. — These sheep are found in the northern part of Asia and in Russian- Europe. They yield a great supply of coarse wool… … FIG. 142 FIG. 143. The Fat-tailed Sheep of Palestine, Syria, Persia, India and China (see Fig. 142) is very likely a variety of the previously mentioned sheep. They have an enormous round of fat (like a cushion) weighing on an average from 30 to 40 Ibs. in place of a tail. The wool derived from…
Textile fibers · Textile fabrics
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