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For a brief period artificial fibres were produced in chemical works.

In the 20th century, these were supplemented by artificial fibres made from petroleum.

An obvious example is the switch from cotton to artificial fibres within the textile industry.

While the grass is growing, the roots intertwine with the artificial fibres.

In the 20th century many artificial fibres were invented like nylon and polyester.

There has been little success with implanting artificial fibres.

Try to avoid wearing tight fitting trousers or underwear, especially if they're made from artificial fibres.

Stiff foreign competition and changing textile trends such as increased use of artificial fibres were the reasons.

They are made by weaving or knitting natural or artificial fibres together.

It is also is easily adapted for artificial fibres.

The next breakthrough was with the move over to break or open-end spinning, and then the adoption of artificial fibres.

The 1930s introduced bias cuts and artificial fibres.

These shirts are made of artificial fibre (polyamide) and are guaranteed to last.

It is best to dress in layers; silk, wool and some of the new artificial fibres are all good insulating materials.

Men's or boy's shirts, knitted or crocheted of artificial fibres.

Later it converted to artificial fibres.

Artificial fibres can be made by extruding a polymer, through a spinneret into a medium where it hardens.

It had been re-equipped as a ring mill for spinning artificial fibres when it was destroyed.

Desso GrassMaster is a sports playing field surface made of natural grass that has artificial fibres added to it.

Courtaulds was a United Kingdom-based manufacturer of fabric, clothing, artificial fibres, and chemicals.

This makes the basic substances for plastics, artificial fibres, synthetic rubber, drugs, dyes, paints and detergents.

Women or girls' dresses of artificial fibres (excl knitted or crocheted and petticoats).

If made using the wet method, an artificial felt will contain a minimum of 30% wool fibres with the rest being artificial fibres.

Nowadays such large tents are made of some artificial fibre (polyester or vinyl) and are often erected with the help of cranes.

Artificial fibres can be processed as long fibres or batched and cut so they can be processed like a natural fibre.

They are less likely to eat fabric containing artificial fibers.

Other research is done on the Meissner effect and artificial fibers (textile).

The natural grass surface is reinforced with artificial fibers.

Dacron is an early artificial fiber made from the same plastic as polyester.

I have no metal, nor do I wear anything made of artificial fibers."

Secondly, have you thought about putting artificial fibers on your to-do list?"

Although these artificial fibers were discovered in the mid-nineteenth century, successful modern manufacture began much later.

In the western world, almost any kind of rope can be used for bondage, such as cotton, artificial fibers, or other materials.

They are electrically activated artificial fibers that contract when exposed to an electrical current.

They were scrubbed and shiny in pastel-colored dresses made of stiff artificial fibers.

Dress in layers; silk, wool and some of the new artificial fibers are all good insulating materials.

Rayon and acetate are both artificial fibers, but not truly synthetic, being made from wood.

At present, the nanotube fiber is not as strong as some other artificial fibers like kevlar.

It was also enor-mously strong, stronger than anything Terra-based humanity had been able to produce before the days of artificial fibers.

The killer covered things up pretty good, erased his tracks, but we got a fair amount of hair, artificial fibers, dried foodstuffs.

Artificial fibers are the preference among mountaineers.

"National meeting of artificial fiber manufacturers.

The linen isn't really linen, either; it's an artificial fiber, also First Empire.

Finest facility of higher education in the universe and definitely not a place to go slumming in artificial fibers."

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Her plight was remedied by eliminating the artificial fiber carpeting in her home and the application of static discharge devices.

His mother, who is retired, was a marketing representative in Atlanta for Hercules Fibers, a manufacturer of artificial fibers.

Living quarters were made of fiberglass, constructed like the thatch and frond houses of Polynesia but using artificial fibers.

Female deer mice construct nests using a variety of materials including grasses, roots, mosses, wool, thistledown, and various artificial fibers.