 | Thaddeus William Harris, Massachusetts. Zoological and Botanical Survey - 1841 - 484 Seiten
...aware of, been submitted to the same process. It is true that experiments, upon a very limited scale, have been made with the silk of the Cecropia, which...been carded and spun and woven into stockings, that are said to wash like linen. The Rev. Samuel Pullein was among the first to attempt to unwind the cocoons... | |
 | 1842 - 554 Seiten
...more hardy, and contented with such food as our forests can supply. Experiments, on a small scale, have been made with the silk of the Cecropia, which has been carded, spun, and woven into stockings, which are said to wash like linen. The Cecropia, however, does not... | |
 | 1842 - 576 Seiten
...more hardy, and contented with such food as our forests can supply. Experiments, on a small 'scale, have been made with the silk of the Cecropia, which has been carded, spun, and woven into stockings, which are said to wash like linen.. The Cecropia, however, does not... | |
 | Thaddeus William Harris - 1852 - 536 Seiten
...aware of, been submitted to the same process. It is true that experiments, upon a very limited scale, have been made with the silk of the Cecropia, which...been carded and spun and woven into stockings, that are said to wash like linen. The Rev. Samuel Pullein was among the first to attempt to unwind the cocoons... | |
 | Benedict Jaeger - 1859 - 448 Seiten
...of the Tusseh and Arindi Silk-worms, the durability of which is -euch that a garment of Tusseh-silk is scarcely worn out in the lifetime of one person,...spun, and woven into stockings that wash like linen." With all these facts before us, however, the raising of Silk-worms for the production of silk in this... | |
 | Thaddeus William Harris - 1862 - 700 Seiten
...aware of, been submitted to the same process. It is true that experiments, upon a very limited scale, have been made with the silk of the Cecropia, which...been carded and spun and woven into stockings, that are said to wash like linen. The Rev. Samuel Pullein was among the first to attempt to unwind the cocoons... | |
 | Worthington Hooker - 1870 - 400 Seiten
...have been made with NATTJBAX HISTOKY. Fig. 139.— Silk of the Cecropia. the silk of the Cecro pia, which has been carded and spun, and woven into stockings...formed gradually while they are in a state of activity. Questions. — What are the three changes which most Insects pass through in their metamorphosis? Explain... | |
 | Worthington Hooker - 1872 - 396 Seiten
...of the weather, last many years. Experiments have been made with Fig. 189 .— Silk of the Cecropia. the silk of the Cecropia, which has been carded and...formed gradually while they are in a state of activity. Questions. — What are the three changes which most Insects pass through in their metamorphosis? Explain... | |
 | Worthington Hooker - 1873 - 396 Seiten
...last many years. Experiments have been made with NATURAL HISTORY. Fig. 189.— Silk of the Cecropia. the silk of the Cecropia, which has been carded and...cocoons as seen in Fig. 189. 418. Some Insects go thrpugh an imperfect metamorphosis, as the Grasshoppers and the Locusts. They are produced from the... | |
 | 1842 - 558 Seiten
...more hardy, and contented with such food as our forests can supply. Experiments, on a small scale, have been made with the silk of the Cecropia, which has been carded, spun, and woven into stockings, which are said to wash like linen. The Cecropia, however, does not... | |
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Tusseh silk is scarcely worn out in the lifetime of one person, but often descends from mother to daughter ; and even the covers of palanquins made of it, though exposed to the influence of the weather, last many years. Experiments have been made with... 