Cyclopedia of textile work : a general reference library on cotton, woolen and worsted yarn manufacture, weaving, designing, chemistry and dyeing, finishing, knitting, and allied subjects (1911)
American School (Lansing, Ill.) · Chicago : American school of correspondence · leaf 108
every length and quality; and third, to remove as many knots,seeds and burrs as possible. In worsted carding the object is, as far as possible, to combthe wool and lay the fibers as straight and as nearly parallel aspossible, making a sliver in which every fiber retains the greatestpossible length,… … WOOLEN AND WORSTED SPINNING 79 fibers of different length and quality; and when blending colors, tomix the fibers so thoroughly that every part of the sliver will bethe same shade. For woolen carding long fibers are of no specialvalue and in some cases may be harmful. The means of obtaining these…
Textile fabrics · Textile industry
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