Riddle

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At the end of the 18th century, a Scottish chemist bought fields near Glasgow to improve a long and expensive technological process. As a result, he invented a substance that significantly impacted the entire weaving industry. Find an object related to the weaving craft 20 meters east of the eastern part of the street with this substance in its name.
The number of blades

Detailed answer

Before the Scottish chemist and entrepreneur Charles Tennant patented bleach, cotton fabrics were bleached using sour milk, urine, or long exposure to sunlight on large bleaching fields. There is a preserved wheel of Bonnington Mill near Bleachfield.

Answer: 21; 22


21; 22

Present in routes of categories Lion & Unicorn

Passed by: 4/6 (67%).

By categories:

  • Lion & Unicorn: 4/6 (67%)

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