Silk
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Final portion of the "Silk" entry from Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary (1876). It traces the history of silk production from the monks who brought silkworm eggs to Byzantium, through its spread to Spain, Sicily, Italy, France and England, including the Lombe silk-throwing mill at Derby. It also covers spider silk experiments, including an 1866 U.S. patent for reeling spider webs, and lists varieties of silk fabric such as satin, lutestring, and moire-antique.
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- Article
- Date
- 1876
- Language
- English
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- 1
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