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    10‚ 2013 What is silk? Colorful stories have woven themselves around this beautiful fabric‚ and have become a part of Chinese legend. The particular caterpillar used for silk is nicknamed “silkworm”. It is interesting how caterpillar mucus‚ essentially‚ can be made into this beautiful fabric. The thought brings about the question of how sericulture (the making of silk) was discovered‚ and what methods are used in silk production. There are many legends on how silk was discovered‚ but one

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    The pie chart shows the number of training hours per year for different purposes while the bar chart demonstrates the percentage of office workers’ attitude to training. In general‚ although the amount of time varies according to purpose‚ both manager and secretary show positive attitude towards training In the pie chart‚ health and safety occupies 30 hours‚ followed by interpersonal skill with 15 hours. Meanwhile‚ although 5 hours lower than interpersonal skill‚ technical purpose doubles career

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    Fibres and Fabircs - Vanda Rulewaska Term 1 assignment INTRODUCTION TO FIBRES AND FABIRCS CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION 2.0 TREND - ZARA‚ Dolce&Gabbana 3.0 FABRIC AND CARE ANALYSIS : POLYESTER‚ SILK‚ COTTON 4.0 GARMENT COMPARE : NON-WOVEN‚ WOVEN‚ KNITTED                 FABRIES 5.0 APPENDIX I - MOOD BOARD : FUR SEASON IN WILD WORLD 6.0 CONCLUSION 7.0 BIBLOGRAPHY 1.0 INTRODUCTION Textile fiber‚ a unit in which many complicated textile

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    INTRODUCTION The textile industry has an overwhelming influence in the economic development of India. Through its contribution to the industrial output‚ employment generation and export earnings‚ the industry plays a very important role in the Indian economy. Currently‚ it contributes about 14 percent to industrial production‚ 4 percent to the GDP‚ more than 12 percent to the country’s export earnings‚ and provides direct employment to over 35 million people. Post MFA (Multi Fibre

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    with the outside world and Indian textiles were popular in other countries of the ancient world. Indian silk was popular in Rome in the early centuries of the Christian era. Several fragments of cotton fabrics from Gujarat have been found in the tombs at Fostat (older areas of Cairo city‚ the country’s capital). Cotton textiles were also exported to China during the heydays of the silk route. Silk fabrics from south India were exported to Indonesia during the 13th century. India also exported printed

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    A STUDY ON THE WORKINGS OF KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES IN TIRUCHIRAPALLI DISTRICT [pic] “If villages prosper‚ India Prospers” “Khadi is the sun of village solar system the planets are the various industries which supports the Khadi in return for that heat and substance they derive from it” INTRODUCTION Industrial development of a country has become the yardstick to be applied to judge its actual progress. Of late in India there has been phenomenal growth of small

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    Waterproof - Flexible - Elastic - Poor conductor of heat and electricity - Sinks Cloth: Cloth is made from fibres which can be natural or man-made. There are different kinds of cloth. They include: Cotton‚ Linen‚ Wool and Silk. Cloth is: - Light and soft - Flexible - Can be dyed in different colours - Poor conductor of heat and electricity Cotton: Cotton comes from the cotton plant. The seeds of this plant are covered by a ball of cotton fluff

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    century BC‚ the oldest recorded indication of using fiber comes with the invention of flax and wool fabric at the excavation of Swiss lake inhabitants. In India the culture of silk was introduced in 400AD‚ while spinning of cotton traces back to 3000BC. In China‚ the discovery and consequent development of sericulture and spin silk methods got initiated at 2640 BC while in Egypt the art of spinning linen and weaving developed in 3400 BC. The discovery of machines and their widespread application in processing

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    Classifyig arthropods

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    Classifying Arthropods Worksheet Name: Date: Fill out the following table with data from the lab exercise: Table I: Record the results of your observations of the external anatomical characteristics of the selected arthropods and their classification. Body Sections (1‚2‚3 or >3) Walking Legs (6‚8 or >8) Other appendages (Y/N) Antennae (0‚2‚4) Claw Present (Y/N) Jaw Present (Y/N) Class Common Name Specimen 1 3 6 N 2 N Y Insecta Stage Beetle Specimen 2 2 8 Y 0 N N Arachnida Whipscorpion

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    Katy Tucker Year 11: Townsville Grammar School Ms Nielson Lola: Her Shameful Truth Lola slowly turned the lock on the door‚ blocking the sounds of commotion from downstairs. She was at last alone from the prying eyes‚ the endless questions and pitiful looks. Dropping her white robe‚ she paced across the room. The visitors had been coming and going all night‚ her track of time was lost and her mind blurry. The events of the night had all coalesced into a hazy mist that hovered on the anxiety

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