At 16:44 +0000 N. hemisphere time on 010113 shetland sent:
>We see two types of wool break ...
>one is when the fibers in a staple part along a line like a perforation
>the other is where the fibers break at different almost random points ..
>what I describe as shredding ...
Fun to hear an additional viewpoint on the use of a word.
My take is that your first one is like the use of break to mean a
boundary between two parts of some thing as in an official break in
work for tea or a break between slabs of paving material. That kind
of break affects the entire condition or substance at the same time
or place or whatever.
The second is when a lot of individual, unrelated events take place
as in a workplace where people take a tea break when they choose
rather than at a defined time, or when greenhouse glass near a
playground breaks only when balls strike it as opposed to all
breaking in a hailstorm
>The first is the result of a short stress event .. the latter is what was
>described to us as a 'hungert' fleece .. that is long term very poor
>feeding.
Those are probably valid conclusions, but there one gets into the
cause of the effect, which is always a bit dicey.
>Yes all wool will break .. we were shown how to test fiber strength by a
>wool buyer from Bradford (a Merchant of the Staple of England ... their
>guild since the13th century) First by holding elbows to sides to restrict
>amount of pull and then holding an opend staple and sort of plucing like a
>guitar string to see/hear how it responds ...
I'd love to watch it being done. Sounds fun.
Ron
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