Bradford system
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Bradford system
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The Bradford system is a way to assess the fineness of wool. To measure the fineness of sheep wool fibre before microscopes and lasers were used, English wool handlers in the city of Bradford described wool by estimating how many 560-yard (512 m) hanks of single-strand yarn could be made by a good spinner from a pound of "top". The finer the wool, the more hanks could be spun: from a pound of "62s," for example, sixty-two such hanks could be made. Spinning counts range from about 32s for coarse
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Method of assessing quality of wool
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradford_system
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2023-09-16T00:27:21Z
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