Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-21
SILK FROM WOOD PULP.


The fact .hnt the United States has not
arhirye1 a striking success In the attempts
which have heen made 10 Introduce rnA-
worm culture IN this country " pgncuHANy
sdnitted t,nia,. a few scattered cfiorts
have shown soiue Indications OF success. nut
f0t the most par, the silAworm iinlH ianlt
vans, ~ Inc apparent impossibnlty of pro-
ducing larga supply VI raw Hile the Amer.-
eau manufacturers " that article have nat
fairly eQualed those OF Frame, except Nllh-
IN a few very recent years, To-Day II can
he said, however that Maine produces ~
fine 40 sriicle OF "bnaAd SILK eools "a
II Impartial indgcs are TO he believed, Tho
American ribbons alen are practically "
good As th0sr Imported from trHnvc. Iho
much n their raw silk IN the same Market
and. according 10 The Boston ADVERTISER the
Americans are usng ~ Eeod nsyhinrry
pctisors employ. Il Is, thcrcfore worthy u
note at THIS, The best period o. American
silk manufacture 20 far, that methoi W
making silk threads from WOOD pulp II ".
Inc brought to a practical Hlagv, Tho
method made It's first public appearance et
the Paris exposition cf lSse, whoc az
ever. IL was Imperfect. v not absolutely
dauscrNut since that dn'c tho Improve.
lucnis q the original methods have ee.s
employed Al ucssucon, where tue tlk y 10.
Ing manufactured The material emplgyrd
i nethltg more th9e w WOOL pup.
matiug Af'er boing crushed, the pulp Is
drlod Ia m oven Nnd mtefward imnerHed ~
a nitro sulphgr,c Acid mixture Ibe ply ~
nnAly dried h alcohol The rgsul'aw pro
dnct h put mt mistl,r,s OF prs5gti.e,aiiis.
lnge alcohol anu elhnl WA, ,rsn, ,,e,, ~.
used FOR photographic aims After the uol-
lcdinn H. prepared II " sorcvd through a
niier aud % then ponrd intp q long tube, ia
ihe side VI witch are hundreds " epgolH
with \ very minute outlet. Tia coWo.poh
issues FUN the snifnig In thin, sticky
nrtonia aud water. This washing takes
the nnlihle ether aud alcohol from the colin.
dion. which Immediately grows hhider Aut
IIa TI" ara Si' AZ stSng ~ AK thread The -
aultnnt threads are spun toGethrr IN HttAhus
VI siN, aud ave thrn rcaly for weaving
hlhted one very strong objection 10 tho
textiles woven frOm the new "Mlk' lay Ia
the great lnhArmahllly ~ such a texture
of two crntimntera second, and Il was
rlalinrd with much Justice Inst gods nr
such nature could not he and ought not "a
ion NJ ammnnin to the water hhth In which
the cnllodlnn thread wis wihh y served ~
do away with the objection. SUI again IL
diNn tube was not equal Throughout, snWo
~ the threads snnpping pu before inny wrro
nnt into ne nnel bath, u y annsynrag MAT
viaed proCsnH, ard " The ENCOURAGEMENT II
iuihcnti, tho new ,ngthod NJ producing HlllS
wlihout dlkwnrnla viii Httran III. notice y
af iih iOviUten " v eau be shown 10 Ia
M fhHt a eifNm h rihf ne NrerrnH truu'
DO pHr Which Iaa D. W. innhn u til
Nnff Ado eIncg no hdveni y lNt Wwl
PUN prl flrt Mo ruIgHh u tif pnl T.
nl1kIhe lnluafr N Ndl FfalisnA 80 if's sea'
tiO,. t4htl, ilf ~ MD advance NhH go rfiInf's
allie, Wlu the akili MAlrn fhr Amui, q
manufacturers have ALREADY shown M ild
Hii, Industry the advent u a wnod puip
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