A cotton manual for manufacturers and students (1905)
Broadbent, J. T · Boston, MA : Lord & Nagle Co. · leaf 16
r which it gradually tapers forthe remainder of its length, at the same timebecoming more cylindrical. This peculiarity of the cotton fibre to twiston its axis is the principal cause of cottonfibres being so admirably adapted to spinning,as it permits the fibres to interlock with eachother, in… … FIG. I. COTTON FIBRES, The fibre is made up of four parts, viz:I. The outer membrane forming the skinof the fibre, which is covered by an oily de-posit known as cotton wax, COTTON MANUAL 15 2. Cellulose which forms the body of thefibre. 3. A central spiral deposit of a little hardernature than the…
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