Title
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
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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
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