Colour-matching on textiles : a manual intended for the use of dyers, calico printers, and textile colour chemists (1901)
Paterson, David · London : Scott, Greenwood & Son ; New York : D. Van Nostrand Co. · leaf 79
ructure, represented in Fig. 24. 1 The serrated edges of the scales present in the wool fibre, as shown in Fig. 22, lessen its lustre, by breaking the con- tinuity of its reflecting surface. Hence, a wool having its epithelial scales prominently developed, such as merino, is termed a non-lustred… … Pig. 23. — Cotton fibre under Pig. 24. — China grass, or Ramie microscope. (A) Mercerised. fibre, under microscope. Cotton, as will be observed in Fig. 23, consists of a flattened and twisted tube-like fibre, which reflects the in- cident light, not in any definite direction, but scattered in all…
Dyes and dyeing · Color in the textile industries
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