THE MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION 
OF SILK 
FIBRES. 
TABLE I.—Measurements of the fineness of raw silk. 
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Catalogue number of sam- I. II. TI. 
ples. 
| 
| | 
i 3.00 2. 625 | 3.25 
2. 50 3. 50 | 2. 625 
3. 50 4. 625 2D 
| 3.75 2.50 2. 875 
2. 875 | 2. 625 PAST ED 
| 3. 75 2.50 3. 50 
BRIE) 2. 875 pay fi) 
. | 3. 875 3. 875 3. 25 
3. 50 3. 25 2,75 
| 2. 625 2.75 3.25 
2. 875 2.75 2. 50 
| | 3. 00 2. 625 3. 00 
| | 3. 50 3. 00 e 3. 00 
| 2. 50 3. 00 3. 00 
| 3.50 3.25 3. 00 
| 2. 375 3.00 2. 625 
| Gh tha) 2.25 | 2. 50 
| To | 2. 625 2. 375 
3. 00 2. 875 | 2. 625 
| 2. 50 2. 25 2. 50 
H 2.125 2.75 } 2. 50 
| 3. 25 3. 00 | 2: 15 
| 2. 50 2.75 } 2D 
| 3.125 2. 625 | 2.50 
Actual measurements in } | 2. 625 2. 875 3. 00 
centimillimeters. I 3.375 3. 00 2.125 
2. 875 | 2.50 2.375 
3.50 | 2.75 | 3. 00 
| 2. 375 | 2. 50 | 2210 
| 3. 50 2.75 | 2. 625 
| | 2.15 2. 50 | 2. 875 
2.75 3. 00 | 2.125 
| Ay et 2. 875 | 3. 00 
2. 625 3. 00 2275 
| 3.00 2. 875 2.50 
| 2. 625 PTAs 2. 50 
| SLD. 2. 625 2. 50 
| eld 2.10 3. 00 
| | 2. 875 2. 375 2.25 
| 3. 00 Beleo . 2:15 
| 2.00 | 3.25 ners) 
| 3.315 | 2.29 2. 875 
Bareo | eh oY) 3. 25 
3.50 | 2. 625 2: if, 
2. 50 3. 25 3. 00 
2.75 2nd | 2. 50 
3. 00 2.75 } 3. 00 
| 3. 25 By) | 2 50 
3. 00 3.25 2.50 
( 2. 25 3.00 2.75 
PAN OVAUO yc oeiae s = <i scm aicl 3.015 2. 878 2. 748 
ee pe | | ee iene n oo ! D + 
| n o D cs) 2 A 
WT sot resets = g =. S 3 a” S 
DSi a Fe a = P= eee fe 
cate a3 se ho eae Pelee wee cscs So 
he She Die 6.8 BE or S.A 23 ao Be 
| ~o 2a 5) So og 5) Bo Sa oO 
| t=ie= ss Sie Ve ele Sg ae ae eS ea 
ee PH as | 2g eH Ea 2 eu pom) 
| (5) =) | o iS) 2 ° 
hog A ) oe a = 
Wines 4 | a eae Ra A | = al 
—- ee i } j= ——— 
| | | 
tecapitulation : | | 
IMD Os bits jaixitecist aac 3. 875 | 1. 5255 eas | 4.625 | 1.8208 =i 3.50 | 1.3779 | 738 
Lowest: ---.----.:-.--. 2.00 | 0.7874 | yao | 2.25 | 0.0858 | yesy | 2.125 | 0.8366] abs 
VERGE eos Sock oe 4s 3.015 | 1.1870} gi¢-| 2.878 | 1.1330 siz | 2.748 | 1.0818| 532 
| | | } ! 
Number of measurements | 
above average.......... | 21 19 30 
Number of measurements | 
below average........... 29 31 20 
Yellow Japanese; mul- 
berry. 
Yellow Japanese; Os- 
age orange. 
Riley’s yellow Japa- 
nese; Osage orange ; 
11 years. 
