CREASING IN WOOLLENS
New Method Being Tested A new method otf creasing woollen clothes has been discovered by British scientists. It is stall being tested, but scientists are investigating means of using the method in manufacture, according to the bead of the chemistry department of the Wool Industries Research Association st Leeds (Dr. F. O. Howitt). The material s heated in a bach of boiling liquid and creased while stil! hot Tbe action is not by means of chemical*
Dr. Howitt thinks the new method gives a longerlasting crease than any existing method and that if used would have a gigantic effect on the world wool market.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30172, 2 July 1963, Page 15
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107CREASING IN WOOLLENS Press, Volume CII, Issue 30172, 2 July 1963, Page 15
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