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 98
ination. MICROSCOPICAL, APPEARANCE OF FIBRES. Cotton. Examining cotton fibres under the microscope shows them to be spirally twisted bands, containing thickened borders and irregular markings on the surface. The fibre is as a rule thicker at the edges than in the centre, and has, therefore, a… … having a thin cell wall ; and C rep- A. B. C. Fig. 49. resents the ripe fibre having a full Fig. 50. resents the ripe fibre having a full twist and a properly defined cell-wall. Fig. 51 shows a structureless fibre as found occa- sionally. Half ripe, unripe, and structureless fibres, if found in a…
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