Silk Manufacture
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A one-page dictionary entry from Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary outlining the steps of silk manufacture, from killing the chrysalis and reeling filaments from cocoons to cleaning, spinning, doubling, throwing, glossing and winding. It defines silk grades (dumb singles, thrown singles, tram, organzine) and their uses, and briefly describes the processing of floss silk and waste silk.
- 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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