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 28
re for about one-third of the WOOL /iND H^IR FIBRES. 15 length of the former, and in consequence the scale protrudes to aconsiderable extent; such wool would be eminently suitablefor the preparation of material which requires to be much felted(Fig. 9). In other wools, the free edge of the scale… … Fig. 8. Fig. 9. Fig. 8.—American Merino Wool. (Bowman.) Fig. 9.—Australian Botany Wool. (Bowman.) In fibres A and B irregularities in diameter may be noticed; but in fibres C and D the diameter is very uniform. and not capable of being readily felted (Fig. 10). The wool-hairs (the long, stiff…
Textile fibers
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