The textile industries : a practical guide to fibres, yarns & fabrics in every branch of textile manufacture, including preparation of fibres, spinning, doubling, designing, weaving, bleaching, printing, dyeing and finishing (1910)
Murphy, William S · London : The Gresham Publishing Company · leaf 160
Leaf. 4, 5, Sections of leaf. HEMP AND JUTE III light and flexible. Such a structure on a fine scale must constitutea very good textile fibre. Uses and Value of Manila Hemp.—Because it combines lightnesswith strength, this fibre is much favoured by cable makers and ropemanufacturers generally.… … Fig. 27.—Decorticator of Sisal. (Ernest Lehmann, Manchester) hemp is very useful to the rope spinner and twine maker; a large per-centage of American binder twine is made from it. A species of agave,the plant (fig. 26) is cultivated in Yucatan, Mexico, Honduras, CentralAmerica, Florida, and…
Textile industry · Textile fabrics
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