Fabrics

Examples

• In textile fabrics they have never been surpassed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But fabrics immersed in a bleaching powder solution do not lose their color as would naturally be expected. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• But all natural fabrics, whether they come from plants, like cotton and linen, or from animals, like wool and silk, contain more or less coloring matter, which impairs the whiteness. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• That this solution has bleaching properties is shown by the fact that a colored cloth dipped into it loses its color, and unbleached fabrics immersed in it are whitened. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• A great industry of beautiful and elaborate fabrics and furnishings developed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• One purpose to which it was suggested this coloured photographic process is applicable, is printing on woven fabrics, the action of light serving as a mordant to fix the colours. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Cotton and all mixed fabrics were taxed threepence per yard, and the prohibition on printed cotton goods was withdrawn. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The merchant, with his lens, examines the separate threads of woolen and silk fabrics to determine the strength and value of the material. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• In fabrics every class of fibre has been called into requisition. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Thus it is easy to see that the natural coloring matter and the added foreign matter must be entirely removed from fabrics destined for commercial use. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• It enabled all kinds of fabrics, from the finest to the coarsest, to be cheaply woven into patterns having figured or ornamental designs. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• But rubber and steel as we now know them are not the only new fabrics given to mankind by the inventors of the Nineteenth Century. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Bleaching powder is very useful in the removal of stains from white fabrics. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• First he used it to manufacture stockings, and then, in 1773, to make, for the first time in England, fabrics entirely of cotton. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The coloring of textile fabrics, such as cotton, wool, and silk, far outranks in amount and importance that of leather, paper, etc. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Silks and other fine fabrics bleached in this way fade with age, and assume an unnatural color. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• It comes in the form of powder, which can be dissolved in water to form the bleaching solution in which the colored fabrics are immersed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.

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