Silk; its origin, culture, and manufacture; . the size of the thread desired. The threads from thecocoons in each compartment are gathered together and,after passing through two separate perforated agates afew inches above the surface of the water, are broughttogether and twisted around each other several times, thenseparated and passed upward over the traverse guide-eyesto the reel. See Colored Plate Reeling the Silk fromCorticelli Cocoons by foot power. The traverse moves toand fro horizontally, distributing the thread in a broadband over the surface of the reel. The rapid crossing ofthe thr
Silk; its origin, culture, and manufacture; . the size of the thread desired. The threads from thecocoons in each compartment are gathered together and,after passing through two separate perforated agates afew inches above the surface of the water, are broughttogether and twisted around each other several times, thenseparated and passed upward over the traverse guide-eyesto the reel. See Colored Plate Reeling the Silk fromCorticelli Cocoons by foot power. The traverse moves toand fro horizontally, distributing the thread in a broadband over the surface of the reel. The rapid crossing ofthe thread from side to side of the skein in reeling facili-tates handling and unwinding without tangling, the nat-ural gum of the silk sticking the threads to each other onthe arms of the reel, thus securing the traverse. Silkreeled by hand or foot power is known as Re-reel silk,while silk reeled by power machinery is called Filature. The fiber of the cocoon is somewhat finer at the begin-ning, thickens at the point of forming the more compact 27. part, and then very gradually diminishes in diameter untilit becomes so fine as to be incapable of standing the strainof reeling. This is because the silk from one of the wormstwo glands is exhausted, leaving but one half the originalfiber. When one of the threads breaks or the end of one cocoonis reached, the reeler takes a fresh one, and with thumb
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