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INDEX. 



Wool continued. 

 hog's wool, 197. 

 human hair, 186. 

 imports of wool, 201. 

 Irish wool, 197. 

 Jaeger fibres, 185. 

 llama wool, 215. 

 medicago, species of, 195. 

 merino and Australian wools, 193. 

 staple flexibility and colour, 193. 

 Vickerman, Mr. Charles, on char- 

 acter, quality, and length of 

 staple, 193 ; London wool sales, 

 etc., 193. 



Mills, Dr. E. J., F.R.S., chemical 

 formula for cotton, silk,-wool, 186. 

 mohair and alpaca noils, 199. 

 moufflon or musmon, 217. 

 ^ mungo, 213. 

 >noils of short fibre, 199. 



used in hat manufacture, 199. 

 Northumberland hog's wool fibres, 



197. 

 pelt of wool, 199. 



after scouring, 202. 

 Salt, Sir Titus, 214. 

 Saltaire, 214. 

 shawl wool of Tibet, 195. 

 sheep, classification by Prof. Archer, 



188 ; African, 188-189 ; American, 



189 ; Asia, 188 ; Europe, 188. 

 ^shoddy, 213. 



Silesian wool, 196. 



sorting of wool, 190. 



spiny involucres of medick, 196. 



spines magnified, 197. 



tables of strength, elasticity, and 



diameters of hair and wool fibres, 



187. 



vegetable fibres, cotton, utility, 185. 

 Vickerman, Mr. Charles, on 48s. 



worsted, 212. 



Wool continued. 

 Welsh wool, 194. 

 wethers, 194. 

 Williams and Overbury on wool 



imports, 201. 

 wool, its utility, 185. 



fibres, no cellulose, 185. 



slow inflammability, 185. 

 wool sorters' disease, 191. 



how caused, 191. 



direful effects, 191. 

 woollen processes, greasy, 203. 



oiling, 204. 



scouring and cleaning, 206. 



spinning, a contrast, 295. 



washing and drying, 203. 



willowing, 209. 

 wool carding, 209. 



carbonising, 211. 



combing or long~wool, 206. 



flocks and whites, 208. 



short, 206. 

 worsted yarns, 211. 



Bradford yarns, 211. 

 woollen felting a potent factor, 208. 



agents for scouring, 209. 



odour disagreeable, 209. 

 yearlings, 194. 

 Xanthium spinosum, 195. 

 yak, 217. 

 yolk on sheep's wool, 185. 



its natural use, 185. 



its effect on staple, 185. 

 Wool tree or cork tree, 67. 

 Wurzel burste, 68. 



YACHAX or silk fibre, 79. 

 Yellow Hill, 40. 

 Yucatan hemp, 69. 

 Yucca, 69. 



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