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Wool and Water
Wool & Water
The British Wool Textile Industry, 1770-1914
This book analyses the progress and performance of the wool textile industry, both nationally and in various regions where it was concentrated. It examines the development of the industry in terms of its structure and location, its transition to factory production, its use of raw materials and new technology, and the variety of its finished products. It considers the competitive position of the industry in home and foreign markets both in the halcyon days of trade expansion and in the changing economic circumstances after 1870. The authors review the differing fortunes of woollens and worsteds, the rise of low woollens and the decline of some of the traditional wool textile manufacturing dis...
Wool
In this book leading experts within the industry come together to give the first comprehensive treatments of the science and technology of wool to be published in over 20 years.The wool industry has been through a period of substantial change, with a major overhaul of trading methods, exciting innovations in wool-scouring and wool processing methods, and the development of modern technology reflecting a strong emphasis on environmental concerns and energy conservation. Research into wool science has continued to grow, and the technologist now has a better understanding of both the chemical and the physical properties of wool. Modern instruments can determine the structural differences betwee...
The Wiltshire Woollen Industry in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
First published in 1965. This study was initially carried out in the years 1934 to 1937, with completion during 1939 at the outbreak of war which deferred publication. This second edition includes an extra appendix on the report of 'Clothing Committee of the Privy Council' dated 22 June 1622 and more background on the seventeenth and sixteenth centuries.
