. Elements of applied microscopy. A text-book for beginners. Microscopy. EXAMINATION OF TEXTILE FIBRES. 87 guished from flax, its broad 'diameter shows the broad canal quite distinctly. Second, the ends of the cell are comparatively blunt, and the canal runs up to the very tip (Fig. 34). 6. Jute.—^The jute-plant, Corchorus capsularis, is an annual, native to the East Indies, and furnishes a long smooth fibre which, however, quickly softens and breaks. Fig. 33.—The Jute-fibre. (After Hassack.) 200 diameters. when wetted. It is used for making rope, coarse twine, and gunny-bags, and for the back
. Elements of applied microscopy. A text-book for beginners. Microscopy. EXAMINATION OF TEXTILE FIBRES. 87 guished from flax, its broad 'diameter shows the broad canal quite distinctly. Second, the ends of the cell are comparatively blunt, and the canal runs up to the very tip (Fig. 34). 6. Jute.—^The jute-plant, Corchorus capsularis, is an annual, native to the East Indies, and furnishes a long smooth fibre which, however, quickly softens and breaks. Fig. 33.—The Jute-fibre. (After Hassack.) 200 diameters. when wetted. It is used for making rope, coarse twine, and gunny-bags, and for the backing of various other tex- tile materials. The cells of which the long jute-fibre is made up are much shorter than those of flax and hemp, being only about 2 mm. in length, while their width is nearly the same as that of the other fibres. In any given field of the microscope numerous ends of cells will be apparent,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Winslow, C. -E. A. (Charles-Edward Amory), 1877-1957. New York, J. Wiley; London, Chapman & Hall
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