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Adsorption of Water by Wool

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IN the current number of the Transactions of the Faraday Society (25, 451; 1929), Mr. A. T. King discusses the changes produced by stretching in the hygroscopic capacity of single wool fibres. Although of a different nature and carried out for a different purpose, the following independent experiments seem to provide an answer to some of the inquiries raised by Mr. King's paper.

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    J. B. SPEAKMAN

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SPEAKMAN, J. Adsorption of Water by Wool. Nature 124, 411–412 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124411b0

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