A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... silk cocoons in France was reduced , through this disease , from 26 000 000 kg to a mere 4 000 000. Pébrine also spread to other European silk - producing countries , and even to the east , but the story of Pasteur's suc- cessful ...
... silk cocoons in France was reduced , through this disease , from 26 000 000 kg to a mere 4 000 000. Pébrine also spread to other European silk - producing countries , and even to the east , but the story of Pasteur's suc- cessful ...
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... SILK Even today rather more than half the silk produced by the cultivated silkworm is unreelable , and it is probable that this proportion was even greater when silk- worm culture and silk - reeling were less efficient . It is this ...
... SILK Even today rather more than half the silk produced by the cultivated silkworm is unreelable , and it is probable that this proportion was even greater when silk- worm culture and silk - reeling were less efficient . It is this ...
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... silk - spinning industry . Tussore silk in particular , from wild Indian silkworms , was spun and woven into a popular range of fabrics . On the continent these and other waste silks were only partially degummed by a process of ...
... silk - spinning industry . Tussore silk in particular , from wild Indian silkworms , was spun and woven into a popular range of fabrics . On the continent these and other waste silks were only partially degummed by a process of ...
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GLASS by L M ANGUSBUTTERWORTH Director The Newton Heath Glass | 12 |
TELEGRAPHY by G R M GARRATT Deputy Keeper Department of Electrical | 22 |
FISH PRESERVATION by C L CUTTING Officer in Charge Humber | 44 |
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