The silk culture in the United States; embracing complete accounts of the latest and most approved modes of hatching, rearing and feeding the silk-worm, managing a cocoonery, reeling, spinning, and manufacturing the silk, &c. ... With brief historical sketches of the silk business, natural history of the silk-worm, the mulberry, &c. comp. from the most approved and reliable works ... To which is added Blydenburgh's Manual of the silk culture; statistics of silk imports, &c., &c

Related Titles

Series: On cover: Useful works for the people. no. VI

By

Barbour, I. R.

Barbour, I. R.
Blydenburgh, Samuel.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, Greeley & McElrath, 1844

Notes

"The work ... has been prepared ... with the aid of Mr. I. R. Barbour ... we have ... profited by the article on silk in Dr. Ures ... dictionary of arts and sciences, Mr. Bliss's report on silk ... to the legislature of Ohio, Mr. Colman's report to the Massachusetts legislature, &c.; while we have quoted entire The silk manual of ... Mr. Blydenburgh." Advertisement, p. [3]

Subjects

Silk industry , Silkworms , United States

Call Number

SF545 .B24

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.35212
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/12028949
NAL: 425 Si32
OCLC: 10453509