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 92
be due to air-canals, or spaces between the filaments of thefibre (see Fig. 29). SILK: ITS ORIGIN AND CULTIV/ITION. 79 Hohnel is of the opinion that there is really no differencein kind between the structure of wild silk and that of cultivatedsilk; that is to say, the fibroin fibre of the latter is… … Fig. 29.—Cross-section of Wild Silk. (Hohnel.)A, diagramatic drawing of section; i, air-space; g, ground matrix; /, fibrillae;r, marginal layer; B, end of fibre of tussah silk, swollen in sulphuric acid;C, cross-section of fibre of tussah silk swollen in sulphuric acid. This view is upheld somewhat…
Textile fibers
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