Innovation in linen manufacture

Textile Progress

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Hann, M A ^a  

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Author keywords

Carding; Dry spinning; Flax; Hackling; Line; Linen; Retting; Roving; Scutching; Sliver; Tow; Wet spinning

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; EVAPORATION; FLAX; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MARKETING; MOISTURE; SILVER; TEXTILE PROCESSING;

HACKLING; LINE; NON-FOOD CROPS; SCUTCHING;

LINEN;

CARDING; DRY SPINNING; FLAX; LINEN; RETTING; SILVER; TOW; WET SPINNING;

EID: 23344451981     PISSN: 00405167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1533/tepr.2005.0003     Document Type: Article

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