A Complete Dictionary of Dry Goods | by George S. Cole

The plan of the "Dictionary of Dry Goods" includes several objects, which, briefly stated, are: the proper description of all textile fabrics and manufactured articles; the peculiarities which distinguish a fabric and by which it may be identified; the method of weaving or manufacture; the origin of the names of all fabrics, with the history and literature of the subject; the definition of terms, words and phrases which have only a trade application, and which have sprung up with the development of the business in the nineteenth century; and the import duties under the new tariff on all goods, raw or manufactured. The Dictionary is designed to be a practically complete and comprehensive record of all fabrics which are in general use at the present time, together with full explanations of the modern process of carding, spinning, dyeing, weaving, knitting, netting, bleaching, and felting, constituting a book for general reference by merchants and clerks.

Revised Edition

A Complete Dictionary of Dry Goods

And History Of Silk, Cotton, Linen, Wool And Other Fibrous Substances Including A Full Explanation Of The Modern Processes Of Spinning, Dyeing And Weaving, With An Appendix Containing A Treatise On Window Trimming, German Words And Phrases, With Their English Pronunciation And Signification, Together With Various Useful Tables.

By George S. Cole. 1892

Entered according to the Act of Congress in the year 1892, by George S. Cole, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

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