Essays Tagged: "Wool"

Insulation

IntroductionThe experimenter is testing on denim, cotton T-shirt material, wool fabric,thermal underwear, polyester fabric, and a Ziplock bag with no insulator. Fromresearch t ... , polyester fabric, and a Ziplock bag with no insulator. Fromresearch the experimenter learned that wool is a fine soft wavy hair that forms allor part of the protective coat of a sheep. Since ancient ... as harvested toprovide clothing and is an important part in textile trade because of its insulation.Woolen fabric is when the woolen system uses short or mixed long and shortfiber where no combing is ...

(4 pages) 52 0 4.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Greek Clothing

Greek ClothingGreek men mostly wore a tunic, a sort of knee-length t-shirt made of wool or linen. Over the tunic they wore a wool cloak if it was cold out, which they could also use a ... weren't barefoot. But many men went barefoot their whole lives.Greek women wore one large piece of wool or linen, wrapped around them and pinned in various ways to make it stay. The ways of pinning i ... dress closed. These dresses always came down to their ankles.When it was cold, women also had long wool cloaks/blankets to keep them warm.

(1 pages) 23 0 4.0 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Crisis in Australian History - Australian history: Towards a Marxist analysis.

chieved.By contrast, by 1890, a stable national economy based on primary production--and especially wool--had been developed. Manufacturing industry was growing rapidly and a powerful ruling class, a ... en created.The driving force behind this massive economic expansion, the motor of the boom, was the wool industry. To give you some idea of its importance, for an entire century, until the late 1950s, ...

(21 pages) 64 0 4.7 Jul/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

"Washable Wools Profitability"

"The Wool over Our Eyes"A premium wool suit has always been associated with elegance and sophistication. ... the costs and difficulties of a 'dry clean only' garment. I believe there is a market for washable wool suits because of today's money and environment conscious community. I will discuss the characte ... d environment conscious community. I will discuss the characteristics and development of a washable wool suit, the cost of dry cleaning vs. caring for the product, and last the overall satisfaction in ...

(4 pages) 31 0 5.0 Nov/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Clothing, Footwear and Cosmetics

The Importance of Knitting

is the importance of knitting? Why do humans spend so long clacking away with a pair of sticks and wool, creating a piece of clothing or otherwise that is so material, so otherwise meaningless? Well, ... with the need for love and affection and appreciation. Therefore, by labouring over the binding of wool, we can showcase these primitive human desires and curry favour. The currying of favour is very ...

(2 pages) 0 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Art Essays