Shelter and clothing; a textbook of the household arts (1913)
Kinne, Helen, 1861-1917, Cooley, Anna M. (Anna Maria), b. 1874, Woolman, Mary S. fmo, Helen Judy Bond Collection. fmo · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 211
silk albumenor sericin and a little waxycoloring matter. Fibroinis like horn or hair, ex-cept for the sulphur, thecomposition being carbon,hydrogen, nitrogen, andoxygen (see Fig. 88). Flax or linen fiber, whenspun, appears to the nakedeye as glistening with oc-casional irregularities inthe yarn.… … COMPARISOX OF WOOL, COTTON, SILK, AND FLAX 191 fiber shows it to be principally cellulose, (C6Hio05)„, asso-ciated with certain intercellular matter and pectin bodies(see Fig. 89). Varying characteristics and properties. — Wool is perhapsthe most important of all the fibers, because of the extent…
Home Economics · Textile fabrics
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