A Description and History of Vegetable Substances Used in the Arts, and in Domestic Economy, Volum 3Wells and Lilly, 1833 |
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Pàgina 1
... material in those sacred records which contain the earliest history of the Jews . Solomon imported from Egypt flaxen yarn , which was woven by his subjects into cloth ; and fine linen is continually enumerated among the ornaments of the ...
... material in those sacred records which contain the earliest history of the Jews . Solomon imported from Egypt flaxen yarn , which was woven by his subjects into cloth ; and fine linen is continually enumerated among the ornaments of the ...
Pàgina 2
this material from the Egyptians , and that they were familiar with its use in very remote times . Hero- dotus ( ii ) says that linen was imported from Egypt to Greece . Subjects of such antiquity are necessarily enveloped in much ...
this material from the Egyptians , and that they were familiar with its use in very remote times . Hero- dotus ( ii ) says that linen was imported from Egypt to Greece . Subjects of such antiquity are necessarily enveloped in much ...
Pàgina 8
... material of cambric , linen , and other similar manufactures . The leaves , placed alternately on the stem , are long , narrow , and of a greyish colour . When the plant has attained the height of about two and a half or three feet ...
... material of cambric , linen , and other similar manufactures . The leaves , placed alternately on the stem , are long , narrow , and of a greyish colour . When the plant has attained the height of about two and a half or three feet ...
Pàgina 22
... material was coeval with the patriarchs . Pliny t describes the cotton plant as a small shrub growing in Upper Egypt , called by some xylon , and by others gossypium , the seeds of which are surrounded by a soft downy substance , of a ...
... material was coeval with the patriarchs . Pliny t describes the cotton plant as a small shrub growing in Upper Egypt , called by some xylon , and by others gossypium , the seeds of which are surrounded by a soft downy substance , of a ...
Pàgina 27
... material which was brought to London was valued in India at £ 10,000 , and it cleared the large sum of £ 50,000 , having been sold at 2s . 2d . per lb. During the following year the price fell to 10d .; and the cotton of India is now ...
... material which was brought to London was valued in India at £ 10,000 , and it cleared the large sum of £ 50,000 , having been sold at 2s . 2d . per lb. During the following year the price fell to 10d .; and the cotton of India is now ...
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