Silk Reel
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A one-page dictionary entry from Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary describing the silk-reel, an apparatus for unwinding silk filament from cocoons. It explains how cocoons are softened in heated water, how several filaments are joined and wound onto the reel, and how a traversing guide distributes the thread. An engraved illustration (Fig. 5087) shows the apparatus, and a closing note mentions the automatic silk-reel used to wind thread from throwing-mill blocks into hanks.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1876
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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