Silk; its origin, culture, and manufacture; . machine called a water-stretcher. This smoothesand consolidates the constit-uent fibers, giving an even-ness to Corticelli silk not tobe obtained by any otherknown process. The bob-bins are placed in water andthe silk wound on to thelower of the two copper the lower roll it passesupward to the upper roll,which turns faster than theSpinning ^^^er one, thereby stretch-CoRTicELLi ing the silk. From the up-SiLK. per roll it passes again onto a bobbin, only to be againreeled off into hanks when it is ready for the dye The dyeing proce
Silk; its origin, culture, and manufacture; . machine called a water-stretcher. This smoothesand consolidates the constit-uent fibers, giving an even-ness to Corticelli silk not tobe obtained by any otherknown process. The bob-bins are placed in water andthe silk wound on to thelower of the two copper the lower roll it passesupward to the upper roll,which turns faster than theSpinning ^^^er one, thereby stretch-CoRTicELLi ing the silk. From the up-SiLK. per roll it passes again onto a bobbin, only to be againreeled off into hanks when it is ready for the dye The dyeing process is a very important one, and upon its success depends the permanency ofthe various colors. The Corticelli dye house isa model, and the results that come from it arethe achievement of years of scientific investi-gation and experi-menting. Vasttubs, tanks, andkettles surroundyou on every side,and the hissingsteam seems tospring from allquarters. Thegum of the silkis first boiled outby immersion instrong soapsudsfor about fourhours. The at-. TwiSTiNG Corticelli Silk. 35 tendants, standing in heavy clogs (big shoes withwooden soles two inches thick), turn the silk on the sticksat intervals until the gum is removed. After the silk isdyed it is put into a steam finisher, a device lookinglike a long, narrow box with a cover opening on the side,set upright on top of an iron cylinder. The hanks of silkare placed upon two pins in the steam chest, the coverfastened, and the live steam rushes in around the silk.
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