Research Catalog

Title

A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world : including the structural and economic classifications of fibers / by Chas. Richards Dodge.

Author

Dodge, Charles Richards, 1847-1918.

Publication

Washington : G.P.O., 1897.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• United States. Department of Agriculture
• United States. Office of Fiber Investigations.

Description

361 p., xii leaves of plates : ill.; 23 cm.

Series Statement

• Report ; no. 9
• United States. Department of Agriculture. Fiber investigations. Report ; no. 9.

Uniform Title

• Home economics archive--research, tradition and history.
• Open Collections Program at Harvard University. Women and work.

Subject

• Fibers
• Plant fiber industry > United States

Genre/Form

Computer network resources.

Note

• At head of title: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Fiber Investigations.
• "On the identification of fibers. By William H. Seaman": p. 352-358.
• "Description and history of lace. By Dr. Thomas Wilson": p. 359-361.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 338-343).

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available in an electronic version.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Definitions of fibers. pp. 9.
• The ancient uses of fibers. pp. 11.
• Principal fibers used commercially in the United States, and their imports. pp. 15.
• Economic investigation. pp. 17.
• Chemical investigation. pp. 19.
• Micro-chemical study of fibers: Structural classification -- Economic classification. pp. 22.
• Descriptive catalogue of the world's fibers. pp. 338.
• Authorities and contributors. pp. 346.
• Appendix A. Brief statements regarding fiber machinery. pp. 346.
• Appendix B. Prof. W. H. Seaman, "On the identification of fibers." pp. 352.
• Appendix C. Dr. Thomas Wilson, article on "Description and history of lace." pp. 359.

LCCN

agr09000322^

OCLC

3508220

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library