Micro-Analysis of Textile Fibres

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The nature of the subject of this study, and the wide and general scope of the research, precludes the drawing of any specific conclusions in short sentence form. Certain generalities concerning cotton (already known or surmised) have been substantiated, while others have been rejected. In addition several minor aspects of cotton flbre composition are reported for the first time. Certain sections of this paper, of particular interest to the reader, may be profitably studied alone, but to obtain an adequate conception of the full picture necessitates a reading of the entire paper. This is to be expected when it is recalled that the main purpose is to collect, analyze, and correlate the work of the past with the findings of the present study. As this field is so enormous, of necessity detailed information about one specific phase of it is not presented. In summary outline the scope of the research is as follows: A detailed micro-analysis of the cotton fibre divides it into four main parts—cuticle, primary wall, secondary wall, and lumen. Each of these has been scrutinized carefully and descriptions of their component structure together with illustrative material are given. Reference has been made throughout to several theoretical aspects of the subject, while the final section of the report is devoted exclusirely to a consideration of the fibre's molecular arrangement, growth mechanism, and inter-micellar make-up.

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