Chapter 18

SUBSTITUTES FOR COTTON

Wool Pulp, Ramie, Pineapple Fibers, Spun Glass, Metallic Threads, Slag Wool, Asbestos 232

APPENDIX

Determining Style of Weave. Tests for Strength and Elasticity. Determining Count of Warp and Filling, Shrinkage, Weight. Tests for Constituents of Warp and Filling, for Vegetable and Animal Fibers. Acid Test. Cotton Distinguished from Linen, Silk from Wool, Artificial Silk from Silk. Test for Shoddy. Determination of Dressing. Test for Permanence of Dyes 235

History of Textiles. History of the Organization of Textile Industries. History of Manufacturing. History of Lace 245

EXPERIMENTS

Experiments 1 to 62 267

Sources of Supply 319

Index 323

TEXTILES