Garment dyeing and cleaning : a practical book for practical men (1901)
Hurst, George H · London : C. Griffin & Company, Limited · leaf 28
s the name given to the silk thread obtainedfrom loose fibres, damaged cocoons, etc., by boiling oflf, cardingand spinning the threads as in the cotton or wool industry;while chappe silk is made in a similar way from fibres whichhave not been boiled ofi. The silk fibre consists essentially of two… … Fig. 4.—The silk moth. THE TECHNOLOOT OP THE TEXTILE PIBRBB. 19 weak solutions of alkalies, or of soap; this process constitutesthe operation of boiling off, during which there is a loss of from25 to 30 per cent, of the weight of the raw fibre, but the latteris left more pliable, softer, and…
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