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THIS is a companion volume to the one on “The Structure of the Cotton Fibre,” which was reviewed in these columns in July, 1908, and is to be followed by a third volume dealing with the silk fibre. The subject-matter is treated in a very thorough manner, commencing with a description of the structure of the skin and the genesis of the hair or wool fibre which clearly indicates the mode of its subsequent development. The physical structure of the fibre determines its behaviour during the various mechanical processes of spinning and weaving; and this important point is well brought out in the valuable and interesting portion of the book devoted to it.
The Structure of the Wool Fibre and its Relation to the Use of Wool for Technical Purposes.
By Dr. F. H. Bowman. Pp. xx + 475; with many coloured and other illustrations. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1908.) Price 8s. 6d. net.
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GARDNER, W. The Structure of the Wool Fibre and its Relation to the Use of Wool for Technical Purposes . Nature 80, 4 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/080004a0
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