A manual of dyeing: for the use of practical dyers, manufacturers, students, and all interested in the art of dyeing (1919)
Knecht, Edmund, 1861-1925, Loewenthal, Richard, Rawson, Christopher · London : C. Griffin · leaf 65
a single wool fibre or a hair is taken between the fingerand thumb of each hand and drawn gently, the end nearest the root remainsstationary while the other slips. This simple experiment is instructive asshowing the behaviour of wool in the process of vfiilling. In the drawingof wool for worsted… … Fig. 4.—Transverse section of wool fibre (Bowman). fabrics are subjected to friction in the wet state, especially in presence ofan alkali (soap or soap and soda), the friction of the fibres against eachother is greater in one direction than in the other, and the consequenceis that the fabric…
Dyes and dyeing
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