Spider's Silk
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A short 1869 magazine piece on the silk of spiders, especially Nephila plumipes. It quotes Dr. Wilder on the golden and silvery lustre of the silk and gives a strength comparison: a thread from a Southern species is said to bear 54 grains, equal to about 61½ tons per square inch, against iron wire, steel and gun-metal.
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- 1869
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- English
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