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 78
canal is filled with several series of cells, quad-rangular in shape and with thin walls. They are also arrangedin a very regular manner. By careful observation, spiral stria-tions may be noticed on the finer fibres. The epidermal scalesare ver) thick and their forward edges terminate in a sharp… … 66 THE TEXTILE FIBRES. (see Fig. 24). Each scale is placed cornucopia-like into the nextlower one, and is drawn out into i to 3 large waves. At the baseof the fibre the medulla consists of a single row of cells, above
Textile fibers
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