Shelter and clothing; a textbook of the household arts (1920)
Kinne, Helen, 1861-1917. [from old catalog], Cooley, Anna M. (Anna Maria), b. 1874, joint author · New York, The Macmillan company · leaf 211
silk albumenor sericin and a little waxycoloring matter. Fibroinis like horn or hair, ex-cept for the sulphur, thecomposition being carbon,hydrogen, nitrogen, andoxygen (see Fig. 88). Flax or linen fiber, whenspun, appears to the nakedeye as glistening with oc-casional irregularities inthe yarn.… … COMPARISON OF WOOL, COTTON, SILK, AND FLAX 191 fiber shows it to be principally cellulose, (CsHioOs)/!, asso-ciated with certain intercellular matter and pectin bodies(see Fig. 89). Varying characteristics and properties. — Wool is perhapsthe most important of all the fibers, because of the extent…
Home Economics · Textile industry and fabrics
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