Textiles and clothing, by Kate Heintz Watson.. (1907)
Watson, Kate Heintz, American School of Home Economics · Chicago, American School of Home Economics · leaf 51
BALES Strength and resists the dye. After picking, the cottonis sent to the ginning factory to have the seed removed.It is then pressed into bales by hydraulic presses, fivehundred pounds being the standard bale in the UnitedStates. Purified bleached cotton is nearly pure cellulose.It resists the… … WOOL. FIBER AND SUBSTITUTES 1. South American Wool; 2, Noil from the Same; 3, Tangled Waste; 4, Waste Combed Out; 5, Lap Waste; 6, Shoddy. V/OOL 37 WOOL Wool is the most important animal fiber. Strictlyspeaking the name applies only to the hairy coveringof sheep, but the hair of certain goats and…
Textile industry · Sewing · Dressmaking
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