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FELTING ABILITY [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wool Industry
CONT

Felting ability is dependant mainly upon the length, thickness or quality and the "crimp" or waviness of the "staple" or single fibre.

CONT

True felting ability is possessed by only a few fibers, of which wool is the most important.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie lainière
CONT

Le feutrage. L'étude de la partie externe du poil, appelée cuticule, montre l'origine d'une autre propriété de la laine, son aptitude au feutrage par enchevêtrement des fibres; cette propriété, recherchée pour l'obtention des feutres [...]

CONT

[Le feutrage] ne peut s'opérer que sur des matières d'origine animale, telles que la laine [...] mais les aptitudes au feutrage sont très variables suivant les matières.

Spanish

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