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" Two pounds of wool, as it comes off the goat's back, may be estimated to make one shawl fifty-four inches square. It will therefore require ten goats, male and female, to furnish materials for one shawL Mr Tower has this year had three shawls made of... "
Transactions of the Society Instituted at London for the Encouragement of ... - Page 137
by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) - 1827
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The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Volume 7

Science - 1829 - 428 pages
...easily and expeditiously, by combing the animals two or three times with such a comb as is used for horses' manes. A good deal of the long hair comes...ounces, and of a female about two ounces. Two pounds of wool, as it comes off the goat's back, may be estimated to make one shawl fifty-four inches square....
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Gill's technological [afterw.] Gill's scientific, technological ..., Volume 5

Gill's scientific, technological and microscopic repository - 1829 - 416 pages
...easily and expeditiously, by combing the animals two or three times, with such a comb as is used for horses' manes. A good deal of the long hair comes...ounces, and of a female about two ounces. Two pounds of wool, as it comes off the goat's back, may be estimated to make one shawl, fifty-four inches square....
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The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the ..., Volume 7

Geology - 1829 - 430 pages
...and expeditiously, by combing the animals two or three times with such a comb as is used for horses1 manes. A good deal of the long hair comes off at the...ounces, and of a female about two ounces. Two pounds of wool, as it comes off the goat's back, may be estimated to make one shawl fifty-four inches square....
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The Register of arts, and journal of patent inventions, ed. by L ..., Volume 4

Luke Hebert - 1830 - 378 pages
...short down : this latter begins to loose early in April, and is collected easily and enpeditiously by combing the animals two or three times with such...ounces. Two pounds of down, as it comes off the goat's hack, may be estimated to make one shawl fifty-four inches square ; it will therefore require ten goats,...
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The Polar star, being a continuation of 'The Extractor', of ..., Volume 3

1830 - 436 pages
...easily and expeditiously, hy comhing the animals two or three times with such a comh as is used for horses' manes. A good deal of the long hair comes off at the same time, hut the manu, facturer has found no difficulty in separating iI. The produce of a male is ahout four...
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The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural & Domestic Improvement, Volume 8

Agriculture - 1832 - 780 pages
...easily and expeditiously, by combing the animals two or three times with such a comb as is used for horses' manes. A good deal of the long hair comes...difficulty in separating it. The produce of a male is about 4 oz., and of a female 2 oz. : 2 Ibs. of wool, as it comes off the goat's back, may be estimated to...
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The Gardener's Magazine, and Register of Rural & Domestic Improvement, Volume 8

Gardening - 1832 - 778 pages
...easily and expeditiously, by combing the animals two or three times with such a comb as is used for horses' manes. A good deal of the long hair comes...difficulty in separating it. The produce of a male is about 4 oz., and of a female 2 oz.: 2 Ibs, of wool, as it comes off the goat's back, may be estimated to...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volume 19

Periodicals - 1841 - 276 pages
...and is collected easily and expeditiously by combing the anim; Is two or three times with a comb such as is used for dressing horses' manes. A good deal of the long hair comes off at the same time, but this is afterwards carefully separated. The down produced by a male is about four ounces, and of a...
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A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - Natural history - 1856 - 724 pages
...combing the animals two or three timri, with such a comb ae is used fur horses' manes. A good ciiğl of the long hair comes off at the same time, but the...manufacturer has found no difficulty in separating it. Tbf produce of a male is about four ounces, and of a femile about two ounces. Two pounds of wool as...
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A history of the earth and animated nature with numerous notes ..., Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1862 - 702 pages
...by combing the animals two or three times, with such a combat is used for horses' manes. Agcwidcil of the long hair comes off at the same time, but the mmufacturer has found no difficulty in separating it. The produce of a male is about four ounces, and...
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