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 30
r becomes exposed (Fig. 12); this appearance is quite charac-teristic of certain wools. In diseased fibres the epidermal scalesmay also be lacking in places, causing such fibres to be veryweak at these points (Fig. 13). In most varieties of wools the scales of the epidermis may bereadily observed…
Textile fibers
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