Cyclopedia of Textile Work, Vol. 1 of 7: A General Reference Library on Cotton, Woolen and Worsted Yarn Manufacture, Weaving, Designing, Chemistry ... and Allied Subjects (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 1333045077 ISBN 13: 9781333045074

Verlag: LULU PR, 2017

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Excerpt from Cyclopedia of Textile Work, Vol. 1 of 7: A General Reference Library on Cotton, Woolen and Worsted Yarn Manufacture, Weaving, Designing, Chemistry and Dyeing, Finishing, Knitting, and Allied Subjects

Although flax was the article most used by Egyptian weavers, it is probable that cotton was known to them at a very early date, as Pliny writes: In upper Egypt, toward Arabia, there grows a shrub which some call Gossypium and others Xylon, from which the stuffs are made which we call Xylina, and his description of the plant which follows refers to cotton.

There is abundant evidence that cotton was grown in the New World prior to the advent of the earlier discoverers.

Columbus in 1492 found cotton growing in the West Indies. He and other explorers found it equally abundant on the main land, and also found the natives showing considerable skill in the manipulation of its fiber in the manufacture of cloth, fish lines and nets.

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• Verlag: LULU PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1333045077
• ISBN 13: 9781333045074
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