The History of Silk, Cotton, Linen, Wool, and Other Fibrous Substances

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Author

Gilroy, Clinton G.

Title

The History of Silk, Cotton, Linen, Wool, and Other Fibrous Substances; Including Observations on Spinning, Dyeing, and Weaving.

Credits

Turgut Dincer, SF2001, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

TS: Technology: Manufactures

Subject

Textile fabrics -- History

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 65967

Release Date

July 31, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.THE HISTORY OF SILK, COTTON, LINEN, WOOL, AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES;
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.Untitled
6. 6.PREFACE.
7. 7.CONTENTS. — PART FIRST. ANCIENT HISTORY OF SILK. — PART SECOND. ORIGIN AND ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE SHEEP. — PART THIRD. ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE COTTON MANUFACTURE. — PART FOURTH. ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE LINEN MANUFACTURE.
8. 8.APPENDICES.
9. 9.LIST OF PLATES.
10. 10.PART FIRST. ANCIENT HISTORY OF SILK.
11. 11.CHAPTER I. SPINNING, DYEING, AND WEAVING.
12. 12.CHAPTER II. HISTORY OF THE SILK MANUFACTURE CONTINUED TO THE FOURTH CENTURY. — FIRST CENTURY. — SECOND CENTURY. — THIRD CENTURY.
13. 13.CHAPTER III. HISTORY OF THE SILK MANUFACTURE FROM THE THIRD TO THE SIXTH CENTURY. — FOURTH CENTURY. — FIFTH CENTURY. — SIXTH CENTURY.
14. 14.CHAPTER IV. HISTORY OF THE SILK MANUFACTURE CONTINUED FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF SILK-WORMS INTO EUROPE, A.D. 530, TO THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY. — SEVENTH CENTURY. — EIGHTH CENTURY. — TENTH CENTURY. — TWELFTH CENTURY. — FOURTEENTH CENTURY.
15. 15.CHAPTER V. SILK AND GOLDEN TEXTURES OF THE ANCIENTS.
16. 16.CHAPTER VI. SILVER TEXTURES, &c., OF THE ANCIENTS.
17. 17.CHAPTER VII. DESCRIPTION OF THE SILK-WORM, &c. — THE SILK-WORM’S WILL.
18. 18.CHAPTER VIII. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE CHINESE MODE OF REARING SILK-WORMS, &c.
19. 19.CHAPTER IX. THE SPIDER.
20. 20.CHAPTER X. FIBRES OR SILKEN MATERIAL OF THE PINNA.
21. 21.CHAPTER XI FIBRES, OR SILKEN MATERIAL OF THE PINE-APPLE.
22. 22.CHAPTER XII. MALLOWS.
23. 23.CHAPTER XIII. SPARTUM, OR SPANISH BROOM.
24. 24.PART SECOND. ORIGIN AND ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE SHEEP.
25. 25.CHAPTER I. SHEEP’S WOOL. — THE SHEPHERD BOY.
26. 26.CHAPTER II SHEEP-BREEDING AND PASTORAL LIFE OF THE ANCIENTS—ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE SCRIPTURES, &c.
27. 27.CHAPTER III. SHEEP BREEDING AND PASTORAL LIFE OF THE ANCIENTS—ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE SCRIPTURES, &c.
28. 28.CHAPTER IV. GOATS-HAIR.
29. 29.CHAPTER V. BEAVERS-WOOL. — ON A BEAVER MANTLE.
30. 30.CHAPTER VI. CAMELS-WOOL AND CAMELS-HAIR.
31. 31.PART THIRD. ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE COTTON MANUFACTURE.
32. 32.CHAPTER I. GREAT ANTIQUITY OF THE COTTON MANUFACTURE IN INDIA—UNRIVALLED SKILL OF THE INDIAN WEAVER. — OVID.
33. 33.CHAPTER II. SPINNING AND WEAVING—MARVELLOUS SKILL DISPLAYED IN THESE ARTS. — PETITION OF NATIVES OF BENGAL, RELATIVE TO DUTIES ON COTTON AND SILK. — COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE PRICES OF MUSLINS MANUFACTURED AT DACCA, AND THE PRODUCE OF THE BRITISH LOOMS. — COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE PRICES OF DACCA CLOTHS, MANUFACTURED WITH COTTON YARN SPUN IN THE COUNTRY, AND FROM BRITISH COTTON YARN.
34. 34.PART FOURTH. ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE LINEN MANUFACTURE.
35. 35.CHAPTER I. FLAX.
36. 36.CHAPTER II. HEMP [542] .
37. 37.CHAPTER III. ASBESTOS.
38. 38.APPENDICES.
39. 39.APPENDIX A. ON PLINY’S NATURAL HISTORY. — LIB. VIII. c. 47s. 72. 50s. 76. [569] — LIB. VI. c. 5.
40. 40.APPENDIX B. ON THE ORIGIN AND MANUFACTURE OF LINEN AND COTTON PAPER.
41. 41.APPENDIX C. ON FELT.
42. 42.APPENDIX D. ON NETTING. — I. Retis and Rete ; dim. Reticulum . ΔΙΚΤΥΟΝ [664] . — II. Cassis; Plaga . ΕΝΟΔΙΟΝ, ΑΡΚΥΣ. — III. FUNDA, JACULUM, RETE JACULUM, RETIACULUM. ΑΜΦΙΒΛΗΣΤΡΟΝ, ΑΜΦΙΒΟΛΟΝ. — IV. ΓΡΙΦΟΣ, or ΓΡΙΠΟΣ. — V. ΓΑΓΓΑΜΟΝ. — VI. ὙΠΟΧΗ. — VII. TRAGUM, TRAGULA, VERRICULUM. ΣΑΓΗΝΗ. — VIII. Reticulus or Reticulum . ΓΥΡΓΑΘΟΣ.
43. 43.Transcriber’s Notes:

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