. Fig through what might be called popular science, of the char- acter of wool; and as far as the possibility of a breeder of "sheep or a avooI grower getting any fair notion of what wool is, the student might as well examine the structure of a rope or a chain cable, to get an idea of that of a silk ribbon. The regular and methodically-placed imbrications upon the fiber, alternating equally like shingles on a roof, are mere creations of imagination, due to imperfect study of the fiber under an inferior microscope, that is inexcusable in any modern work. Instead of this regularity of
. Fig through what might be called popular science, of the char- acter of wool; and as far as the possibility of a breeder of "sheep or a avooI grower getting any fair notion of what wool is, the student might as well examine the structure of a rope or a chain cable, to get an idea of that of a silk ribbon. The regular and methodically-placed imbrications upon the fiber, alternating equally like shingles on a roof, are mere creations of imagination, due to imperfect study of the fiber under an inferior microscope, that is inexcusable in any modern work. Instead of this regularity of position and consistency of form in these imbrications, there is a great variation in both respects, as may be seen in the
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