Cyclopedia of textile work : a general reference library on cotton, woollen and worsted yarn manufacture, weaving, designing, chemistry and dyeing, finishing, knitting, and allied subjects (1907)
Chicago : American school of correspondence · leaf 55
rength,elasticity and remarkable avidity for moistuie. Another character-istic property of silk is the peculiar cris[), crunching somid, orrustling, produced when it is handled, known as the xi-ronp ofsilk. It is a [)0()r condiictor of licat and electricity, but is easilyelectiified. This latter… … 43 36 TEXTILE CHEMISTRY AND DYEING. A microscopical examination of raw silk shows it to be a doublefibre. Occasionally the double fibre separates for a short distanceinto its components, and at these places the appearance is that oftwo solid cylindrical fibres. These two fibres are gumnied orglued…
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