Category: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming
The importance of the three main textiles in the civilized life of today is probably but vaguely realized by the majority of people. In this country we consume raw cotton alone at the rate of about twenty-six pounds per capita each year, which if translated to yards of cloth a...
The importance of the three main textiles in the civilized life of today is probably but vaguely realized by the majority of people. In this country we consume raw cotton alone...
2. Part III, dealing with Silk, has been newly compiled by BenjaminNo attempt has been made in these studies to enter very deeply into the technical processes involved, the purpose being more to give a condensed outline of the subject from the...
3. Part I on Cotton. In the case of Silk, we are particularly gratefulto Mr. W. D. Darby, whose “Silk, The Queen of Fabrics” has been of invaluable assistance. To the many friends in the textile trades who have provided opportunities for first han...
4. PART ONE5. CHAPTER IThe word, “Cotton”, is said to be derived from an Arabic word, “Qutun”, originally meaning flax; and the botanical name of the plant, Gossypium, signifying the fleece worn, was...
6. CHAPTER IIMuch has been written on the subject of the textile industry and perhaps even more still remains to be said. It is not the object of this brief survey to present a complete pict...
7. CHAPTER IIIBefore we proceed to discuss the various ways in which cotton goods are marketed we shall first take a cursory glance at the way in which the industry is subdivided.
8. mill. Later on the factors developed extensive selling organizationsThe distribution of fancy goods requires a great deal of skill. The Fall and Spring lines to be manufactured by the mills are sent out to the trade by the selling house about si...
9. CHAPTER IVEver since the Civil War the United States has produced more than half of the world’s cotton crop. From 1860 to 1900 about one-third of the annual crop was consumed by the domes...
10. PART TWO11. CHAPTER IThe raising of sheep goes so far back into primitive times that historians have been compelled to draw a veil over its origin. Whether sheep antedate man, or man existed before...
12. CHAPTER IIThe first cog in the worsted machine is the wool comber, or top-maker. Sometimes he buys assorted grades, known as matchings, from a wool merchant; sometimes he buys and sorts h...
13. CHAPTER IIIWe have taken the worsted industry first, not because it is necessarily any more important than woolen manufacture, but because its processes are more complicated, and therefor,...
14. CHAPTER IVBearing in mind the industrial structure we have just outlined, it might be well for us to glance briefly at its financial scaffolding. From the banker’s point of view there are...
15. PART THREE16. CHAPTER ISilk owes its position as one of the three leading textiles to its qualities of strength, elasticity and beauty—in which respects it surpasses all other fabrics. Its production...
17. CHAPTER IIThe next step in the production of silk is called reeling, and for this purpose the modern filature has been developed. The actual existence of reeling machines is by no means m...
18. CHAPTER IIIThe principal raw silk markets of the world are Yokohama, Lyons, New York, Milan and Canton. Of these, Yokohama is probably the largest and most important, due to the pre-eminen...
19. CHAPTER IVWe have covered in the preceding chapters the culture of raw silk, its reeling, and finally its marketing in the countries where it is to be manufactured into the finished texti...
20. CHAPTER VThe manufacture of thrown and spun silk into the finished material, whether by weaving or knitting, varies with the different types of fabric desired. But the several processes...
21. CHAPTER VIThe discovery of what is known as “artificial silk” is generally attributed to a Frenchman, Count Hilaire de Chardonnet, who after many years of research and experimentation, be...