A. J. Warden

The Linen Trade (eBook, PDF)

Ancient and Modern

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

It is somewhat surprising that the history of so ancient and important a manufacture as that of Linen, and of the commerce connected with it, has not long before this time been placed in a comprehensive form before the world. It is one of the axioms of Political Economy, as it is held at the present day, that "demand creates supply," but, up to the present time, that has not in this instance been verified. The feeling that such a work was needed has often been expressed, both by the general public and by those immediately concerned in the Trade, but without, until now, having the effect of bringing forth one.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 764
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136229947
• Artikelnr.: 45135829

Autorenporträt

Alex J. Warden

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 The raw material: flax culture
hemp culture
jute culture
sunn culture
various fibres. Part 2 Ancient linen: Bible linen
Egyptian linen
Phoenician linen
Carthagenian and Babylonian linen
Colchican linen
Grecian linen
Roman linen. Part 3 The linen manufactures of the olden time. Part 4 Modern linen: continental linen - Italian linen, Spanish linen, German linen, Austrian linen, Dutch linen, Belgian linen, French linen, Russian linen, various countries
the United Kingdom -English linen, Irish linen, Scotch linen, United Kingdom. Part 5 Manufacturing operations: flax-spinning
linen weaving
linen bleaching
appendix.