Turner, Annabell · New York, London, D. Appleton and company · leaf 110
to brown, and from pearl tosteel gray, the best quality being pale yellowish-white. The variation in color is due largely todifferences in the process of retting. The hygroscopicity of linen is low, varyingfrom 5 to 8 per cent, but the absorptive poweris unusually high. It is this quaUty which… … Flax Fibers and luster to some extent if allowed to continueafter the resins are dissolved. Compared witli the otlier textile fibers linenis the best conductor of heat and electricity. It 98 THE STUDY OF FABRICS is this property wliicli makes linen feel cool tothe touch. Toward mordants and…
Textile fabrics · Clothing and dress
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