The dyeing of cotton fabrics : a practical handbook for the dyer and student (1901)
Beech, Franklin · London : Scott, Greenwood · leaf 21
ed that this lustre ismost highly developed with the long-stapled Egyptian andSea Island cottons. This mercerising under tension is nowapplied on a large scale to produce silkified cotton. Whenviewed under the microscope, the silkified cotton fibres havethe appearance shown in Fig. 3, long rod-like… … ^QFiG. 3a. Fig. 3.—Silkified Cotton Fibre. mercerised cotton has very considerable affinity for dye-stuffs,taking them up much more readily from dye-baths, and itis dyed in very brilHant shades. In the chapter on Scouring and Bleaching of Cotton, somereference will be made to the action of alkaHes…
Dyes and dyeing
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