Fabric analysis; covering wool, worsted, silk, cotton, artificial silk, etc. from fiber to finished fabric (1920)
Posselt, E. A. (Emanuel Anthony), 1858-1921 · Philadelphia, Textile Pub. Co · leaf 208
a given period during which time shot is added in the lower pan to balance the amount of moisture taken up by the cloth. This is poured out and weighed and the cloth is dried until the first weight is balanced. Porosity of Fabrics. It has been thought necessary by some manufacturers to test fabrics… … Fig. 92 In 1901 J. E. Kennedy patented a machine in England for testing the porosity of cloth by passing gas under pressure 196
Textile fabrics
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