Without Being Obliged to Send 3000 Miles for the Cloth

Journal of The Historical Society, 2007

The writer has had frequent occasion to notice the want of some handy book embodying the principles necessary to be understood in order to secure improvement in Domestic Animals. It has been his aim to supply this want. In doing so he has availed himself freely of the knowledge supplied by others, the aim being to furnish a useful, rather than an original book. If it serve in any measure to supply the need, and to awaken greater interest upon a matter of vital importance to the agricultural interests of the country, the writer's purpose will be accomplished.

The Journal of Economic History, 1993

During the long eighteenth-century, large numbers of men from northern Europe and particularly Great Britain, moved away from the comforts of their temperate climate to the tropical climates of India, China, Africa, islands in the Caribbean, Central, South, and North America, bringing with them their cultural traditions. Climate determines or strongly influences culture. The material culture of these uprooted Europeans serves as evidence of adaptation as people moved into regions that challenge their comfort. Architecture, foodways, and daily routine, changed due to the extreme heat. Clothing, the most outward and visual representation of culture also modified in order to meet the human desire of comfort. This thesis uses the experience of individuals living in the southern regions of North America as a case study to examine how colonists, merchants, manufacturers, and tailors adapted textiles, cut, and construction of men’s clothing in pursuit for personal comfort.

The objective of the essay was to study the effect of wool scoured color on the color acquired after dyeing and the interaction between wool yellowness with different light stains in Corriedale wool. According to the value of yellowness index (Y-Z) measured using a Hunterlab spectrophotometer, 5 homogeneous carding webs were prepared (mean Y-Z values of -0.84, 0.74, 2.50, 4.77 and 7.79, respectively). A dyeing procedure was performed using three acid colorant: Blue Erionyl AR, Yellow Erionyl A-3G and Red Erionyl A-3G. Color measurements of dyeing samples using the CIELAB L* a* b* system were carried out. The total color difference (ΔE) of the dyed samples was calculated from L*, a*, b* coordinates. Significant effects (P<0.001) of dye and carding web initial color were found on all color parameters. ΔE values increased with increasing values of initial Y-Z, the yellower the sample was, the higher the ΔE that presented. The position of cut off point in the Y-Z scale from which difficulties in staining were evident, was under 0.74. In conclusion, a difference in color in dyed wool with pastel shades can be visually detected even starting from low values of scoured color, and these differences vary with dyes used.

Journal of Animal Science, 2011