Natural variation in felting and yarn shrinkage in wool from Romney and Romney-cross sheep

Journal of the Textile Institute

Volumn 90, Issue 1 PART III, 1999, Pages 395-403

  Kenyon, P R ^a   Wickham, G A ^a   Blair, H T ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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