Textile engineering

This book introduces the reader to the field of Textile Engineering. Content: Cover; Table of Contents; Chapter 1 -- Textile Manufacturing; Chapter 2 -- Dref Friction Spinning; Chapter 3 -- Textile; Chapter 4 -- Units of Textile Measurement; Chapter 5 -- Textile Manufacture during the Industrial Revolution; Chapter 6 -- Spinning (Textiles); Chapter 7 -- Weaving; Chapter 8 -- Textile Bleaching and Dyeing; Chapter 9 -- Textile Printing; Glossary. Abstract: This book introduces the reader to the field of Textile Engineering

In this rich compilation, Emeka Nwosu takes the reader to a journey of the issues that have helped to shape discourses on various aspects of the Nigerian state and society. The articles, originally published in his weekly column in the premier Nigerian daily newspaper, ThisDay, not only show his perspectives on these issues when they were written but also reveal how discussions on some of those issues have evolved over time and how they have mutated today.

Journalists, especially those who maintain regular columns, are often said to write 'history in a hurry'. For experienced writers like the author whose writings are research-based, it does not mean that what they write about is factually wrong but simply that their writings are infused with the passions and emotions that attended those issues as they unfolded.

This collection is therefore not only informed commentaries on some of the issues that have shaped the contour of the Nigerian state and society over the years but a good trip on the passions and emotions that attended those discourses. The articles, 66 of them, are written with remarkable candour and gusto and therefore a delight to read. They form a very important contribution to the corpus of works on Nigerian politics and society.

Cover 1 Table of Contents 3 Chapter 1 - Textile Manufacturing 4 Chapter 2 - Dref Friction Spinning 25 Chapter 3 - Textile 33 Chapter 4 - Units of Textile Measurement 43 Chapter 5 - Textile Manufacture during the Industrial Revolution 51 Chapter 6 - Spinning (Textiles) 65 Chapter 7 - Weaving 75 Chapter 8 - Textile Bleaching and Dyeing 86 Chapter 9 - Textile Printing 92 Glossary 106