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Hempen Culture in Japan     Hits Today: 1 |  Overall Hits : 12   Updated: 9/18/2009  Avg. Hit :0.0 Research about the history of hemp cannabis in Japan. Traces many uses from Neolitic to modern times. Fiber properties and uses. Library of articles. www.taima.org/uncleweed/ Visit Listing | Report | Reviews   Silk     Hits Today: 1 |  Overall Hits : 8   Updated: 9/18/2009  Avg. Hit :0.0 From the Vegan Society's pages. The history of silk. Production, properties and uses of silk fiber. A critical look on the exploitation of the silk worm in industrial processes. www.vegansociety.com/html/info/info19.html Visit Listing | Report | Reviews   A Short History of Manufactured Fibers     Hits Today: 1 |  Overall Hits : 11   Updated: 9/18/2009  Avg. Hit :0.0 History of manufactured fiber from the invention of artificial silk in 1855 to the wash and wear revolution of acrylic, polyester and microfiber. Time line for first US production of various fibers. From Fibersource. Com. www.fibersource.com/f-tutor/history.htm Visit Listing | Report | Reviews   Flax Production in the 17th Century     Hits Today: 1 |  Overall Hits : 11   Updated: 9/18/2009  Avg. Hit :0.0 Brief history on growing flax crops for linen manufacturing. Descriptions of flax fiber, its properties and uses, and methods of processing. From Jamestown Historic Briefs. www.nps.gov/colo/Jthanout/FlaxProd.html Visit Listing | Report | Reviews   Silk Production in the 17th Century     Hits Today: 1 |  Overall Hits : 8   Updated: 9/18/2009  Avg. Hit :0.0 History of the development of the silk trade. Description of sericulture, and the properties of silk fiber and cloth. From Jamestown Historic Briefs. www.nps.gov/colo/Jthanout/SilkProd.html Visit Listing | Report | Reviews   History of Du Pont's Nylon Fibers     Hits Today: 1 |  Overall Hits : 20   Updated: 9/18/2009  Avg. Hit :0.1 Extensive history of the Du Pont de Nemours Company, the invention of the polyamide polymer and subsequently developed man-made fibers, and their commercialization in consumer and industrial products. From CHA, Inc. www.cha4mot.com/p_jc_dph.html Visit Listing | Report | Reviews   The History of Cotton     Hits Today: 1 |  Overall Hits : 5   Updated: 9/18/2009  Avg. Hit :0.0 Short history of the cultivation and processing of cotton fiber in the coast and upland fields of South Carolina. Author: Jennie Haskell. www.cottonman.com/cottonhistory.htm Visit Listing | Report | Reviews   History of Sericulture     Hits Today: 1 |  Overall Hits : 9   Updated: 9/18/2009  Avg. Hit :0.0 Short history of silk production from the Bombyx Mori moth for yarn making applications, from 2700 BC to the present times. Author: Dr. Ron Cherry. www.insects.org/ced1/seric.html Visit Listing | Report | Reviews   Fabric History     Hits Today: 1 |  Overall Hits : 12   Updated: 2/19/2007  Avg. Hit :0.0 Time line with concise descriptions for natural and man-made fibers, utilised in the manufacture of textile fabrics. From Fabriclink.Com. www.fabriclink.com/University/History.cfm Visit Listing | Report | Reviews   The History of Cotton     Hits Today: 1 |  Overall Hits : 27   Updated: 2/19/2007  Avg. Hit :0.0 Short history of cotton cultivation and processing in Pakistan. Industry facts and figures, and weather and government legal information. Links to related sites. From the Pakistan Cotton Ginners' Association (PCGA). www.pcga.org/cotton_history.html Visit Listing | Report | Reviews