The textile industries : a practical guide to fibres, yarns & fabrics in every branch of textile manufacture, including preparation of fibres, spinning, doubling, designing, weaving, bleaching, printing, dyeing and finishing (1910)
Murphy, William S · London : The Gresham Publishing Company · leaf 96
Silkworm {Boinhyx iiiori): Eggs, caterpillar, cocoon, and moth.2, Anthericapernyi. 3, Atlacns alias. 4, Aiithoicayania-inai. SILK 63 with a fatty matter, which assists inpreserving the flexibiHty of the silk.Next, we find the principal and mostvaluable constituent of the silk, viz.the layer oi… … Fig. 6.—Fibres of Wild Silk (highly magnified) A, A, Cross sections [a. Fibroin, b, Sericin) B, B, Longitudinalsections regarded as a perfectly round fibre;but the microscope has shown that itis slightly oval in shape, the innertube being like an ^^g in form. Wild, or tusseh, silks differ…
Textile industry · Textile fabrics
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