Fibre - Specimen details

Fibre - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 29458

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Plant Name 170.01 ZINGIBERACEAE Hedychium coronarium Entry Book Number 101.1912
Artefact Name Fibre Vernacular Name
Iso Country Not defined TDWG Region Not defined
Parts Held Fibre Geography Description
Uses FibreUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Not defined TDWG use MATERIALS - Fibres
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Donor Clayton Beadle Donor No
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Notes: Label source: 'You will be interested to hear that we have dressed some of the fibre from the green stem and the tensile strength tests indicate that it is almost exactly similar in strength to the best pure manila tinder twine. Of course our supplies ha, ve been extremely limited so that it has only been possible for us to determine the tensile strength of the individual fibres - vascular bundles in comparison with that of manila of equal thickness. We should be very pleased to give you the figures if the, y would be of interest to you. You will observe from the small sample enclosed that it is also practically the same in appearance. Extract from letter Mr Clayton Beadle 18/10/1912, To Director, see letter 494, 1912, Book VIII.p.k.

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