Silk and Silkworm
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An encyclopedia article on silk and the silkworm from Chambers's Encyclopedia. It covers the natural history of Bombyx mori, the life cycle, mulberry feeding, and a list of other silk-producing moths such as tusseh, moonga and eria. It also describes the history of silk in China, Greece, Rome and Europe, rearing methods, cocoon sorting, reeling, and throwing (winding, cleaning, twisting, doubling) into singles, tram and organzine. It closes with the use of waste silk and the centers of British silk manufacture and dyeing.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1881
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 5
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