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ARTIFICIAL SILK ITS MANUFACTURE AND USES

by Thomas Woodhouse

Published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd.. 1st. 1927

Almost very good condition. Red-brown cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w photos.

Corners bumped. Foxing to front endpapers and textblock. Page corner tips creased.

Stock no. 561509

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Contents

  • Introductory
  • A Brief History of the Evolution of Artifical Silk
  • Raw Materials and Their Treatment
  • Commercial Varieties of Artifical Silk and their Constituents
  • Filament or Thread Making
  • Processes Involved in the Manufacture of Viscose Artifical Silk Threads
  • Reeling and Drying the Threads
  • The Utilization or Artificial Silk Yarn for Hand-Knitted and Machine Knitted Articles
  • Bottle Bobbin Winding - Knitting by Hand and Machine
  • Preparing the Yarns for the Loom
  • Drawing-In, Reeding, Weft Winding and Weaving
  • Index

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