A tale untangled: Measuring the fineness of yarn

Textile History

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 120-129

  Biggs, Norman ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

COTTON YARN; FINE STRUCTURE; MEASURING; TEXTILE HISTORY; YARN PROPERTY;

EID: 2542487604     PISSN: 00404969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/004049604225015701     Document Type: Article

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