It struck me that Mr. Finch's experiment with ramie and jute would promise better were it not made on new land from which I believe only one crop had been taken.
A netting of ramie cords is stretched from wheel to wheel diagonally, between the beams at their inner corners, while the outward corners of the beams are joined by strong wires arranged diagonally for the purpose of imparting rigidity.
It is used in the manufacture of grass cloth, and also of ramie velvets, which are firm but less lustrous than linen velvets.
The ramie mantle was found to possess a greater life than the cotton mantle.
Cotton was first used; then ramie fibers were introduced.
The bast tissues of dicotyledonous annuals furnish such staple materials as flax, hemp, rhea or ramie and jute.
Note similarity oframie to cotton and jute to flax.
The ramie fibre held my body to the supporting post of the centipede, and I heard Holman give a muttered order.
Ramie thus seemed likely to yield a cheap competitor in length of endurance to the collodion mantle, and results have justified this expectation.
Ramie or China grass is a soft, silky, and extremely strong fiber.
Ramie is a member of the nettle family and attains a height of from four to eight feet.
It will be remembered that in a former volume it was stated how Harry had prepared a number of very creditable fishhooks, and these were now attached to the ramie fiber cord and suitable poles were easily obtained for the day's outing.
The small amount of wire which was on hand was then coated with a thin layer of the ramie fiber, which was carefully wrapped around, so that the different layers of wire could not touch each other.
Vessels were now provided for the juice, and when they were filled, the Professor suggested that a little lime should be put into the juice, after it had been strained through the ramie cloth.
This plant resemblesramie and belongs to the nettle family also, but it is without the troublesome resin of the ramie.
The variety and great value of the ramie fibers has long been recognized, but difficulties attending the separation and degumming of the fibers have prevented its employment in the manufactures to any great extent.
The next in importance to linen is ramie or rhea, and China grass.
Ramie or China grass and pineapple fibers are sometimes used as adulterants in the manufacture of silk.
Sidenote: Loading Silk] Silks are adulterated with cotton and ramie fibers.
The introduction of ramie culture is an example of the first instance, the fostering of the almost extinct flax industry of our grandfathers' days an illustration of the second.
The difficulty may be stated in a few words: ramie culture will only become a paying industry when an economically successful machine for stripping the fiber has been placed on the market.
The money spent by governments and by private enterprise throughout the world, in experiments and inventions, in the effort to establish the ramie industry, would make up the total of a princely fortune.
The boys' clothing had been supplemented by the goods taken from the wagon top, and while heavy garments were not required, it was noticed that the articles first made from the ramie were growing threadbare.
When John came to their home he was supplied with practically all of the surplus goods on hand, and a new stock of ramie fiber had not been prepared since that.
Their ramie fiber top was of a light yellowish color, which looked bright in the moonlight.
Recent facts regarding the ramie industry in America, with brief statements relating to manufacture in Europe, etc.
They had conspicuously displayed the ramie cloth, made in different colors, which had been woven during the past two weeks.
The arrows used by the natives were uniformly of stone, but the metal ones were perfect, and so arranged that, with the ramie fiber, could be readily attached to the shaft.
Whenever a machine is invented that will economically decorticate the Ramie fiber, its cultivation will become an important industry in this country.
Ramie grows luxuriantly, but the lack of proper decorticating and cleaning machinery has prevented any advance in this cultivation.
Ramie (Boehmeria nivea) grows splendidly in this country and after being well established will yield 4 to 6 crops per annum.
I did love Ramie devotedly, for he was the noblest and best of earth; but no one knew we were betrothed, and to retire from society now would be only to reveal what he wished kept secret.
The cataleptic stroke, induced by the shock she received, in spite of all their labor, proved fatal, and she and Ramiewere buried together in the cemetery the same day.
But with all our precaution, quite a crowd gathered around as we lifted poor Ramie from the carriage and laid him on some cushions in the car.
The conductor and the captain of the boat aided me so kindly that the body of Ramie and his unconscious mother were conveyed on board without attracting very much attention.
After the word “three” Ramieraised his pistol and fired into the air, the smoke curling gracefully up towards Heaven, as if from the altar of a peace offering.
And I would endeavor to convince myself that I would be acting in exact conformity to the wishes of Ramie, could he express them; and I would say a dozen times in a day, “I am sure Ramie had rather she would love me than another.
While she would never allow me to draw her into conversation about Ramie and his mother, yet I gradually learned the sad truth.
The next day Ramie assured me that Carrover had not thought anything of it, and told me that if I still desired her acquaintance he would take much pleasure in introducing me.
When they reached the river the surroundings were very much unlike anything George had seen before, and he could not identify the place where the ramie plant had been found.
There was plenty of the ramie cloth at hand, but it was quite yellow.
A crude machine was constructed to weave the ramie fiber, the plant of which they found growing on the banks; in addition they had success in making felt cloth from the hair of the yak.
Here it is, Harry; here is a low place, and you can see the ramie plant all about here.
The bamboos, of which the framework of the fans is made, are carefully cultivated along the banks of the river, while the cloth is manufactured from Ramie fibre, Boehmeria nivea, grown extensively in the district.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ramie" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
