A practical treatise on weaving and designing of textile fabrics : with chapters on the principles of construction of the loom, calculations, and colour (1885)
Ashenhurst, Thos. R. (Thomas R.) · Huddersfield, [Eng.] : J. Broadbent · leaf 370
362 WEAVING AND DESIGNING continuous fibres, but spun silk is prepared practically on the same principle as cotton and will consequently present a little fibre, but not so much as cotton, owing to the fibre being longer. This illustration also discloses another feature … Silk Yarn. of the silk thread, especially of wefts from which this is taken, viz., the very small amount of twist in the yarn, though of course for warps there must of necessity be a little more. The yarn from which this photograph was taken would be equal to about 96's cotton.