The textile fibres of commerce. A handbook on the occurrence, distribution, preparation, and uses of the animal, vegetable, and mineral fibres used in cotton, woollen, paper, silk, brush, and hat manufactures (1902)
Hannan, William I · London : C. Griffin · leaf 110
93 COTTON. competitors with silk for some time, and as a result of their sale the price of silk has been caused to fluctuate and become lower. In some cases the price of mercerised yarns has reached 2s. 3d. per pound. It now remains to be seen whether the demand for it will be kept up. This will… … Fig. 66. — Mercerised yarn spread out. Cotton fibres have some affinity for vegetable dyestuffs, such as Indigo, Turmeric, Safflower, and Annatto, but little or none for coal- tar dyes. Classification of Cottons. — The types of cotton produced from plants of certain districts, the varieties, length…
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