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 73
Comparing linen threads, principally such as used in heavy stuffs, under the microscope with cotton threads, the former are more or less irregular in their diameter, and in their length Fig, 42 there are some parts stronger than others, whereas cotton threads are of a more regular character. The… … Fig, 43 the fabric, linen threads show larger, i.e., more prominently in some places than in others. A good procedure is to examine the fabrics by holding them up to daylight and when the regu- larity of cotton threads will be then noticed at once. 61
Textile fabrics
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