Fibrous portion of stem - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 34805 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 188.00 PANDANACEAE Pandanus odorifer | Entry Book Number | 148.1875 | |
| Artefact Name | Fibrous portion of stem | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Fibrous portion of stem | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | Fibrous portion of stemUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Not defined | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Routledge Thos, Ford Works Co., Sunderland | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Showing its unsuitability for either textile or paper manufacture. Also a specimen of gluten from the stem. Opuscular source: The Ford Works Co Limited near Sunderland 29th Nov 1875 to Thistleton Dyer 'I have sent you sample of the stem of, the Screw Pine to show the character of the fibre as unsuitable either for a textile or for paper making purposes, the ...?... piece shows its mechanical structure, combined with the gluten - soak this in warm water for examination. Some of the ...?...fe, ed from the combined gluten and this ...?... of the latter. Thanks for your information expecting (?) the sedge. When the bamboo attains 20 feet I shall be glad of it. Yours Faithfully Thos Routledge. | ||||