The industries of Japan : together with an account of its agriculture, forestry, arts, and commerce. From travels and researches undertaken at the cost of the Prussian government (1889)
Rein, J. J. (Johannes Justus), 1835-1918, Rein, J. J. (Johannes Justus), 1835-1918. Japan nach Reisen und Studien. V. 2. Land- und Forstwirthschaft, Industrie und Handel. English, Hodder and Stoughton, publisher · London : Hodder and Stoughton · leaf 231
its intensity and become only a greenish yellow on theoutside. The cocoons are firm and of a beautiful ellipsoidal form,without shrinkage in the middle, and about three cm. long, and of7 grammes weight. Without the chrysalis its weight is from 70 to80 eg., while an empty cocoon of the Bombyx Mori… … SILKWORMS ON QUERCUS SERRATA. {.Page 246. AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIES. 209 hot water, is reeled off almost as easily as from the B. Mori.About fifteen days after the metamorphosis has taken place, thecocoons are taken from the leaves and tested. Those which areto be reeled, are placed in the warm sun…
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