Identifier: cyclopediaoftext06chic (find matches)
Title: Cyclopedia of textile work : a general reference library on cotton, woollen and worsted yarn manufacture, weaving, designing, chemistry and dyeing, finishing, knitting, and allied subjects
Year: 1907 (1900s)
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Subjects: Textile industry Textile fabrics
Publisher: Chicago : American school of correspondence
Contributing Library: Claire T. Carney Library, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Digitizing Sponsor: Claire T. Carney Library, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

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Fio-. 13. 75. Raw Silk. Ti:e next ste() in the process of silk mikingis called reeling. The cocoons are sorted into grades of differentquality. Tiir best cocoons are selected for the pre()aration ofwarp thread, commonly called organzine, as that has to be strong,lustrous and tightly twisted. The poorer cocoons are commonlyworked up for wc^ft or lilliug, which contains f(^wcr individualfibres, less twist than the organzine and is commonly known astram. 42
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FIVE-ROLL CALENDER FOR COTTON AND LINEN GOODSTextile Fiiiisliinj; Machinery Co. TEXTILE CHEMISTRY AND DYEING. 35 111 the reeling- operation a number of cocoons are placed in abasin of warm, soapy water, and a skilled operative is al)le by tlieaid of a little brush or l)room, often made of briar twigs, to catchthe outer end of tlie fibre. When this lias been done with theproper number, which may vary from three to as many as twenty,the ends are placed together, passed through a smooth guide, some-times made of agate, and then twisted seveial times about athread of similar structure to give it twist and make it smooth.This twisted thread then passes through another guide and on toa large reel. The acGom()anying cuts (Fig. lo) will give an ideaof the process. Silk reeleddirectly from thecocoon is of themost V a 1 u a 1)1 equality, and con-stitutes the raw ornet silk of com-merce. The tangledand fine loose endsof the cocoon, aswell as that ol)-tained by degum-ining the brokenand injured c

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