Textile calculations : being a guide to calculations relating to the construction of all kinds of yarns and fabrics, the analysis of cloth, speed, power and belt calculations : for the use of students, operatives, overseers and manufacturers (1896)
Posselt, E. A. (Emanuel Anthony), 1858-1921 · Philadelphia : E.A. Posselt · leaf 103
90 Alpaca Wool possesses less lustre than Mohair and only shows its fine scales by strong magnifying. In white fibres, grayish colored medullary cells are seen. Fig. 66, gives us a specimen of this fibre. Vicugna Wool looks at a first glance like alpaca wool ; it is a delicate soft structure. … Camel's Hair is fre- Fig. 68. quently used in the manufacture of lower grades of yarns for backing purposes. The accompanying illustration, Fig. 68, shows camel's hair fibres magnified. , Sometimes we find what is claimed to be finer grades of Camel's hair in the mar- ket ; this material, how-…
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