INDEX

Agave Americana, 8

⁠⸺ ⁠⸺, section, 10

⁠⸺ ⁠⸺, ⁠⸺ of fibres, 11

⁠⸺, Photomicrograph of Mexican, 12

⁠⸺ sisalana, 35

⁠⸺ ⁠⸺, cultivation of, 36, 37

⁠⸺ ⁠⸺, harvesting of, 38

⁠⸺ ⁠⸺, height of leaves of, 36

⁠⸺ ⁠⸺, weeding of, 36

Automatic spinning frame, 79, 89, 91

⁠⸺ thread stop motion, 94

Baling, 54

⁠⸺ press, 43, 44, 107

Balling machine, 109

Bast layers, 24, 25, 29

⁠⸺ ⁠⸺, length of, 26

Batch, 87

Binder twine, 109

Blend, 87

Bobbin-to-bobbin polishing machine, 96

Box cords, 50, 97, 98

Braiding, 98

Breaker cards, 74

Breaking, 15, 24, 25, 27

⁠⸺ machines, 60

Cable-laid, 97

Card, 73, 74

Carding machine, 73, 74

China jute, 50

Closer, 100

Closing, 103

Coiling machine, 101, 105, 106

Coils of rope, 105, 106

Coir, 47, 96

Cords, 5, 50, 67, 93, 97

Cotton driving ropes, 55

⁠⸺ fibres, cross-sectional view of, 15

⁠⸺ ⁠⸺, longitudinal view of, 15

Cutting machine, 60, 61

Decorticator, 38, 40

Demi-sec spinning, 85

Differential motion, 82, 86

Doffing, 83

Doubling frame, 77

Drafting, 69, 71, 72, 77, 80, 83, 85, 91

Drawing frame, 73, 76, 77, 79

Dry spinning frame, 83

Drying bleached yarns, 93

Fallers, 71, 87

Fibre, grading of Manila, 33, 34

⁠⸺, ⁠⸺ of New Zealand, 47

⁠⸺, harvesting of hemp, 22

⁠⸺, Imports of hemp, 50

⁠⸺, ⁠⸺ of Manila, 35

⁠⸺, price of different kinds of, 54

⁠⸺, ⁠⸺ of Manila, 34, 51

⁠⸺, production of hemp, 20

⁠⸺, yield of hemp, 22

⁠⸺, ⁠⸺ of Manila, 33

⁠⸺, ⁠⸺ of New Zealand, 47

Fibres, biblical reference to, 3

⁠⸺, characteristics of, 2

⁠⸺, classification of, 16

⁠⸺, hard and soft, 17, 18, 89

⁠⸺, views of cotton, 15

⁠⸺, separation and extraction of, 2, 5, 6, 26

⁠⸺, shipments of, 52

⁠⸺, sources of, 5, 13, 15

Finisher cards, 74

Fishing lines, 97

Flax, 13, 16, 18, 24, 29, 45, 83

Gill spinning frame, 79, 85

Gills, 71, 78, 91

Hackle pins, 79, 87

Hackler and spreader, 87, 88

Hackling machine, 62

⁠⸺ ⁠⸺, automatic screwing apparatus for, 64

⁠⸺ tools, 65

⁠⸺ ⁠⸺, grouping of pins in, 65

Hand dressing, 66

Hardening the strand, 104

Hemp plants, 13

⁠⸺ ⁠⸺, cross section of, 13

⁠⸺ ⁠⸺, cultivation of, 21, 22

⁠⸺ ⁠⸺, grown in various countries, 16, 19, 20

⁠⸺ ⁠⸺, height of, 19

⁠⸺, Siretz, 29

⁠⸺, true, 17

House machines, 100, 101

Intermediate machine, 89

Jute, 13, 18, 44, 76, 83, 107

⁠⸺, China, 50

Laying-up, 103, 105

Line, 68

Lines, 93

⁠⸺, fishing, 97

Log lines, 98

Maguey, 47

Manila, 31, 44

⁠⸺ and other fibres, 87

⁠⸺, grading of, 51

⁠⸺, machine for, 87

⁠⸺, plants, height of, 32

⁠⸺, price of, 51

Marketing, 108

Marks or grades, 87

Mauritius fibre, 47

New Zealand fibre, yield of, 47

⁠⸺ ⁠⸺ hemp, 45

⁠⸺ ⁠⸺ ⁠⸺ plants, harvesting of, 46

⁠⸺ ⁠⸺ ⁠⸺ ⁠⸺, height of, 45

Numbering yarns, 107

Plaiting, 98

Plants, cultivation of Manila, 31

⁠⸺, height of Manila, 32

Rands, 109

Raspadore, 38

Reach, 76, 78

Retting, 18, 23, 24, 25

Rope driving, 106

⁠⸺ machine, 98

⁠⸺ making, 17, 100

⁠⸺ walk, 97, 100, 102, 103, 105

Ropes, 5, 15, 100, 102, 104, 107

Roughing, 67

Rove, 68, 80, 82

Roving frame, 79, 80

Scutcher, 38

Scutching, 15, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 73

Seeds, 15, 21, 22, 32

Sett frame, 77

Sewing twines, 67

Shive, 28

Sisal, 7, 35, 44

⁠⸺ breaker, 38

⁠⸺, grading of, 44, 45

Sliver, 68, 69, 72, 73, 75, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 85, 89

Softening, 56, 57

Sorting and selecting, 68

Sowing, 21

Spread board, 69, 72, 77, 78

Spindle winding machine, 92

Spinning, 5, 55, 79, 83, 85

Stationary machine for ropes, 104

Strander, 100

Strands, 5, 100, 103, 105

Strick, 28, 56, 73

Sunn hemp, 49

Systems of machinery, 56, 68

Tar, 91

Top cart, 103

⁠⸺ -shaped block, 104

Tow, 49, 73, 74

Traveller, 103

Twines, 5, 93

Twist and twisting, 48, 82, 93, 94, 96, 97, 98

Warping, 91

Washing tanks, 40, 43

Wet spinning, 85

Whip cords, 97

Winding-on reel, 101

Winding machine, 110

Window blind cords, 97

Winding reel, 91

Wool, 5, 16

Yarn numbering, 107

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