Nature, Composition, and Treatment of Animal and Vegetable Fabrics
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A one-page 1889 article from Baldwin's Textile Designer on the composition and treatment of animal and vegetable textile fibers, stressing that workmen should understand fiber chemistry to avoid mishaps. It covers fleece washing for wool, the importance of ripe cotton fibers for dyeing, and newer vegetable fibers such as China grass (ramie), abaca, pina, agave, jute and sunn. It closes with notes on bleaching losses in cotton, linen and hemp, and the chemical makeup of silk and wool, including sulphur content. The article is credited to Wool and Textile Fabrics.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- September 1889
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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