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A treatise, giving a thorough description of the properties and supply of the fibres, as well as the various processes required for converting wool, cotton, silk from fibre to finished goods, covering both woven and knit goods ... construction of the most modern improvements to preparatory machinery ... accessories relating to construction and equipment of modern textile manufacturing plants .. (1895)

Posselt, E. A. (Emanuel Anthony), 1858-1921 · Philadelphia, E.A. Posselt; London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co · leaf 33

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utmerely loosens the scales, while on boiling the solu-tion it dissolves the wool fairly quickly, and producesa reddish-brown solution. Hydrochloric and nitricacids also dissolve wool. OTHER ANIMAL FIBRES used in the textile industry are obtained from theCashmere goat, the Angora goat, the Alpaca,… … Fig. 19. undercoat, and a coarse covering of long hairs, thatseems to defend the previously mentioned undercoatfrom the effects of winter. The woolly undercoat, aswill be readily understood. Is the more valuable fibreand is wool fibre in its structure, as will be readilyseen from illustration Fig.…

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