The textile fibres; their physical, microscopical, and chemical properties (1904)
Matthews, J. Merritt (Joseph Merritt), 1874-1931 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 27
Fig. 6.—Typical Wool Fibres (X500).From a camera lucida micrograph, showing the irregular surface scales and thefaint striations of the underlying fibrous layer of cortical tissue; the presenceof the medullary cells is also plainly visible in one fibre. … Fig. 7.—Wool Fibre (X350).With smooth, straight scales of a non-felting type. edge of the scale is also a very variable factor; in some wools thescale is free frorg the body of the fibre for about one-third of the WOOL /iND H^IR FIBRES. 15 length of the former, and in consequence the scale…
Textile fibers
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