# Three textile raw materials and their manufacture

Author: International Acceptance Bank; Strong, Benjamin, 1872-1928 [Contributor]; Warburg, James P. (James Paul), 1896-1969 [Contributor]

Genre: Category: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71158

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## Summary

The importance of the three main textiles in the civilized life of today is probably but vaguely realized by the majority of people. In this country we consume raw cotton alone at the rate of about twenty-six pounds per capita each year, which if translated to yards of cloth and other fabric, would make a strip longer than the distance from the earth to the moon, and a yard wide all the way. Add wool and silk to this and the picture becomes even more impressive. There is not a man, woman or child who does not use one or all three of these textiles in daily life. With this in mind we submit this brief description of how they are produced, emphasizing in particular the development of the ra...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-textile-raw-materials-and-their-manufacture-71158/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-textile-raw-materials-and-their-manufacture-71158/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-textile-raw-materials-and-their-manufacture-71158/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-textile-raw-materials-and-their-manufacture-71158/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-textile-raw-materials-and-their-manufacture-71158/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-textile-raw-materials-and-their-manufacture-71158/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-textile-raw-materials-and-their-manufacture-71158/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-textile-raw-materials-and-their-manufacture-71158/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-textile-raw-materials-and-their-manufacture-71158/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-textile-raw-materials-and-their-manufacture-71158/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-textile-raw-materials-and-their-manufacture-71158/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-textile-raw-materials-and-their-manufacture-71158/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-textile-raw-materials-and-their-manufacture-71158/chapters/7/index.md)
- [mill. Later on the factors developed extensive selling organizations](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-textile-raw-materials-and-their-manufacture-71158/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-textile-raw-materials-and-their-manufacture-71158/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI Artificial Silk 123](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-textile-raw-materials-and-their-manufacture-71158/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part III, dealing with Silk, has been newly compiled by Benjamin](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-textile-raw-materials-and-their-manufacture-71158/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part I on Cotton. In the case of Silk, we are particularly grateful](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-textile-raw-materials-and-their-manufacture-71158/chapters/3/index.md)
- [PART THREE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-textile-raw-materials-and-their-manufacture-71158/chapters/15/index.md)
- [PART ONE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-textile-raw-materials-and-their-manufacture-71158/chapters/4/index.md)
- [PART TWO](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-textile-raw-materials-and-their-manufacture-71158/chapters/10/index.md)