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IN the course of an investigation on the general morphology and anatomy of Agave sisalana, X-ray photographs were taken in the Department of Physics, by courtesy of Dr. Leonard Huxley, of the fibres, and also of those of coir.
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MILES THOMAS, E., HEWITT, J. Molecular Structure in Sisal, Coir and Oak. Nature 136, 69–70 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136069a0
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