The self-instructor in silk knitting, crocheting and embroidery (1884)
Belding Bros. & Co · New York · leaf 9
fibre ; conse- -o 8 PUKE THREAD STLE. quently, silk thread, thus made, is stronger and more elasticthan any other thread. When pure silk thread is uutwisted and magnified to the view,under the microscope, it presents the appearance given in the illus-tration below, every cocoon-fibre composing the… … of which can be reeled ; they are carded and spun like flax or cotton. A finished thread of this product, when unraveled and exposedunder the microscope, shows the fibres of which it is composed to bebroken and serrated, as shown in the illustration on the followingpage, and far inferior in lustre…
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