Some recent developments in textile proc
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Aron Hamburger
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Article
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1898
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Elsevier Science
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English
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As early as I844 John Mercer, a cotton printer, of Lancashire, England, discovered that, when subjected to a strong solution of caustic soda or caustic potash, cotton fibers be= came greatly contracted in length, as well as more dense, and to a high degree capable of being directly dyed with basis d