Silk
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Encyclopedia article on silk from the New International Encyclopedia, covering its etymology, early history in China, Europe and the American colonies, and the growth of the U.S. silk industry (Paterson, N.J., and elsewhere). It describes the processes of manufacture: killing the chrysalis, reeling, conditioning, throwing, doubling and twisting (singles, tram, organzine), boiling-off, weighting, spun silk and wild silks. It closes with tables of world raw silk production (1913-14), U.S. silk imports (fiscal 1915), U.S. census statistics and a short bibliography. Includes a plate of women unwinding cocoons and reeling.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1922
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 5
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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