Textile calculations : a complete guide to all calculations relating to the construction of all kinds of yarns and fabrics, the analysis of cloth, etc. (1912)
Posselt, E. A. (Emanuel Anthony), 1858-1921 · Philadelphia, Pa. : Textile Pub. Co. ; London, England : Sampson, Low, Marston · leaf 98
91 The microscopical examination of fibres, yarns and fabrics is in the absence of experience, sometimes misleading, hence it is well in all doubtful cases to apply some corroborative test … Fig. 71. Fig. 73. Fig. -jz. of a more definite character. They are supplied by making use of certain chemical reactions of the fibres. In chemical constitution, cotton is the simplest, and wool the most complex of the textile fibres. Cotton consists of but three elements, carbon, hydrogen and…
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