Textiles

For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker’s Trades

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology, Textiles & Polymers, Home & Garden, Crafts & Hobbies, Needlecrafts & Fabric, Weaving
Cover of the book Textiles by William H. Dooley, VolumesOfValue
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: William H. Dooley ISBN: 1230000185989
Publisher: VolumesOfValue Publication: September 22, 2013
Imprint: Language: English
Author: William H. Dooley
ISBN: 1230000185989
Publisher: VolumesOfValue
Publication: September 22, 2013
Imprint:
Language: English

TEXTILES
FOR COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND DOMESTIC ARTS SCHOOLS;
ALSO ADAPTED TO THOSE ENGAGED IN WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRY GOODS, WOOL, COTTON, AND DRESSMAKER’S TRADES

This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index

CONTENTS (abridged list)
CHAPTER I FIBERS
Animal Fibers—Wool, Silk, Mohair. Vegetable—Cotton, Flax, Jute, Hemp. Mineral—Asbestos, Tinsel, Metallic. Remanufactured Material—Noils, Mungo, Shoddy, Extract, and Flocks. Artificial Fibers—Spun Glass, Artificial Silk, Slag Wool. Structure of Wool. Characteristics of Wool. Classification of Wool. Carpet and Knitting Wools. Sheep Shearing. Variation in Weight of Fleeces. Shipping the Fleeces. Value of Wool Business. Saxony and Silesian Wool, Australian Wool, Port Philip Wool, Sydney Wool, Adelaide Wool, Van Wool from Tasmania, New Zealand Wool, Cape Wools, Wools from South America, Russian Wool, Great Britain Wools, Lincoln, Leicester, Southdown, Shropshire; Cashmere Wools, Norfolkdown and Suffolkdown Wools, Cheviot Wool, Welsh Wools, Shetland Wools, Irish Wools, Mohair, Alpaca Wool. How Wool is Marketed
CHAPTER II WOOL SORTING
Sorting. Classing Grades of Wool. Merino Wool. Difference between Lamb’s and Sheep’s Wool. Pulled Wool. Delaine Wool. Wool Sorter. Wool Washing, Wool Drying, Oiling. Burring and Carbonizing. Bur Picker, Blending
...
CHAPTER XIX ARTIFICIAL SILK
Silk Cotton, Artificial Silk, Tests
CHAPTER XXSUBSTITUTES FOR COTTON
Wool Pulp, Ramie, Pineapple Fibers, Spun Glass, Metallic Threads, Slag Wool, Asbestos
APPENDIX

About the Author
WILLIAM H. DOOLEY
PRINCIPAL LOWELL INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
LOWELL, MASS.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

TEXTILES
FOR COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND DOMESTIC ARTS SCHOOLS;
ALSO ADAPTED TO THOSE ENGAGED IN WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRY GOODS, WOOL, COTTON, AND DRESSMAKER’S TRADES

This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index

CONTENTS (abridged list)
CHAPTER I FIBERS
Animal Fibers—Wool, Silk, Mohair. Vegetable—Cotton, Flax, Jute, Hemp. Mineral—Asbestos, Tinsel, Metallic. Remanufactured Material—Noils, Mungo, Shoddy, Extract, and Flocks. Artificial Fibers—Spun Glass, Artificial Silk, Slag Wool. Structure of Wool. Characteristics of Wool. Classification of Wool. Carpet and Knitting Wools. Sheep Shearing. Variation in Weight of Fleeces. Shipping the Fleeces. Value of Wool Business. Saxony and Silesian Wool, Australian Wool, Port Philip Wool, Sydney Wool, Adelaide Wool, Van Wool from Tasmania, New Zealand Wool, Cape Wools, Wools from South America, Russian Wool, Great Britain Wools, Lincoln, Leicester, Southdown, Shropshire; Cashmere Wools, Norfolkdown and Suffolkdown Wools, Cheviot Wool, Welsh Wools, Shetland Wools, Irish Wools, Mohair, Alpaca Wool. How Wool is Marketed
CHAPTER II WOOL SORTING
Sorting. Classing Grades of Wool. Merino Wool. Difference between Lamb’s and Sheep’s Wool. Pulled Wool. Delaine Wool. Wool Sorter. Wool Washing, Wool Drying, Oiling. Burring and Carbonizing. Bur Picker, Blending
...
CHAPTER XIX ARTIFICIAL SILK
Silk Cotton, Artificial Silk, Tests
CHAPTER XXSUBSTITUTES FOR COTTON
Wool Pulp, Ramie, Pineapple Fibers, Spun Glass, Metallic Threads, Slag Wool, Asbestos
APPENDIX

About the Author
WILLIAM H. DOOLEY
PRINCIPAL LOWELL INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
LOWELL, MASS.

More books from VolumesOfValue

Cover of the book Theodoric the Goth by William H. Dooley
Cover of the book Rescuing the Czar by William H. Dooley
Cover of the book Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches by William H. Dooley
Cover of the book The Emancipation of Massachusetts by William H. Dooley
Cover of the book Cecil Rhodes: Man and Empire-maker by William H. Dooley
Cover of the book Illustrations of the Family of Psittacide or Parrots by William H. Dooley
Cover of the book Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699 by William H. Dooley
Cover of the book Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an Ammerican Slave by William H. Dooley
Cover of the book The Towns of Roman Britain by William H. Dooley
Cover of the book Great Britain and the American Civil War, Volumes I-II Complete by William H. Dooley
Cover of the book The Byron Controversy - Lady Byron Vindicated by William H. Dooley
Cover of the book Is the Devil a Myth? by William H. Dooley
Cover of the book On Yachts and Yacht Handling by William H. Dooley
Cover of the book Up the Mazaruni for Diamonds by William H. Dooley
Cover of the book Charities and the Commons: The Pittsburgh Survey by William H. Dooley
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy