 | 1799 - 358 sider
...fine silver paper ; but, as the growth of the leaf proceeds, it becomes yellow, coarse, and strong. There is a kind of seam along the centre, exactly...substance. The length and evenness of the threads or fibres, the regular manner in which they cross each oilier at oblique angles, the extent of surface,... | |
 | William Ellis - 1829 - 576 sider
...exposed to the air, it becomes coarser and stronger, assuming a yellowish colour, and is called Aa. There is a kind of seam along the centre, exactly...substance. The length and evenness of the threads or fibres, the regular manner in which they cross each other at oblique angles; the extent of surface,... | |
 | 1830 - 744 sider
...exposed to the air, it becomes coarser and stronger, assuming a yellowish colour, and is called Ait " There is a kind of seam along the centre, exactly...regularly diverge in an oblique direction. Sometimes there appeal- to be two layers of fibres, which cross each other, and the whole is cemented with a still... | |
 | William Ellis - 1831 - 448 sider
...exposed to the air, it becomes coarser and stronger, assuming a yellowish colour, and is called aa. There is a kind of seam along the centre, exactly...substance. The length and evenness of the threads or fibres, the regular manner in which they cross each other at oblique angles ; the extent of surface,... | |
 | George Bennett - 1834 - 448 sider
...sieves for straining arrow-root, cocoa-nut oil, Sec., the natives, when engaged in such occupations as * There is a kind of seam along the centre, exactly...substance. The length and evenness of the threads, or fibres, the regular manner in which they cross each other at oblique angles, the extent of surface,... | |
 | 1849 - 356 sider
...fine silver paper ; but, as the growth of the leaf proceeds, it becomes yellow, coarse, and strong. There is a kind of seam along the centre, exactly...substance. The length and evenness of the threads or fibres, the regular manner in which they cross each other at oblique angles, the extent of surface,... | |
 | 1846 - 460 sider
...exposed to the air, it becomes coarser and stronger, assuming a yellowish colour, and is called At i. There is a kind of seam along the centre, exactly...substance. The length and evenness of the threads or fibres, the regular manner in which they cross each other at oblique angles ; the extent of surface,... | |
 | William Ellis - 1853 - 904 sider
...exposed to the air, it becomes coarser and stronger, assuming a yellowish colour, and is called aa. There is a kind of seam along the centre, exactly...of which long and tough fibres, about the size of a bristlt . regularly diverge in an oblique direction. Sometimes there appear to be two layers of fibres,... | |
 | John Forbes Royle - 1855 - 444 sider
..."consisting of long and tough fibres which regularly diverge from both sides of the petiole of the leaf. Sometimes there appear to be two layers of fibres,...still finer, fibrous, and adhesive substance : the singular manner in which the fibres are attached to each other, causes this curious substance, woven... | |
 | John Forbes Royle - 1855 - 446 sider
..."consisting of long and tough fibres which regularly diverge from both sides of the petiole of the leaf. Sometimes there appear to be two layers of fibres,...the whole is cemented with a still finer, fibrous, aud adhesive substance : the singular manner in which the fibres are attached to each other, causes... | |
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There is a kind of seam along the centre, exactly under the stem of the leaf, from both sides of which long and tough fibres, about the size of a bristle, regularly diverge in an oblique direction. Sometimes there appear to be two layers of fibres, which... 