Museum of Antiquity a Description of Ancient Life the Employments Amusements
Museum of Antiquity a Description of Ancient Life the Employments Amusements
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Some were thin and trans- parent, and of delicate texture, and the finest had 140 threads to the inch in the warp. " Some cloth Mr. Wilkinson found in Thebes had 152 threads to the inch in the warp, but this is coarse when compared with a piece of linen cloth found in Mem- phis, which had 540 threads to the inch of the warp. How fine must these threads ha\e been! In quoting this extract from Wilkinson to an old weaver, he flatly said it was impossible, as no reed could be made so fine. However,... there would be more threads than one in the split, and by adopting this we can make cloth in our day having between 400 and 500 in the inch. How- ever, the ancient cloths are much finer in the warp than woof, probabl}' from want of appliance for driving the threads of the weft close enough, as they do not appear to have Jays as we have for this purpose. Pliny refers to the remains of a linen CLOTH MANUFACTURE. 381 corselet, presented by Amasis, king of Eg3'pt, to the Rhodians, each thread of which was composed of 365 fibres: "Herodotus mentions this corselet, and another presented by Amasis to the Lacedaemonians, which had been carried off by the Samians.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Some were thin and trans- parent, and of delicate texture, and the finest had 140 threads to the inch in the warp. " Some cloth Mr. Wilkinson found in Thebes had 152 threads to the inch in the warp, but this is coarse when compared with a piece of linen cloth found in Mem- phis, which had 540 threads to the inch of the warp. How fine must these threads ha\e been! In quoting this extract from Wilkinson to an old weaver, he flatly said it was impossible, as no reed could be made so fine. However,... there would be more threads than one in the split, and by adopting this we can make cloth in our day having between 400 and 500 in the inch. How- ever, the ancient cloths are much finer in the warp than woof, probabl}' from want of appliance for driving the threads of the weft close enough, as they do not appear to have Jays as we have for this purpose. Pliny refers to the remains of a linen CLOTH MANUFACTURE. 381 corselet, presented by Amasis, king of Eg3'pt, to the Rhodians, each thread of which was composed of 365 fibres: "Herodotus mentions this corselet, and another presented by Amasis to the Lacedaemonians, which had been carried off by the Samians.
What to read after Museum of Antiquity a Description of Ancient Life the Employments Amusements?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by L W Yaggy to read onlineMoreLess
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