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ural silk to that of the coarartists in the production of seness of elephant hair. The designs likely to appeal to the Artificial Silk problem of natural lustre has market. Formely the designer also been solved, as it can now at the factory evolved his own The great progress made be modified to meet all ordipatterns, and his efforts were during the past few years in nary requirements.
too closely circumscribed by the amount and quality of arcertain measurements to which tificial silk produced continues In density, greater strength he had to work. Art was su: to be a matter of surprise even and, to a less degree, in elactibordinated to dimensions. Now to those most intimately con city, great advances have been the artist is being given a free nected with the industry.
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Artificial silk hand and allowed to exercise the course of the past forty yarns have recently been spun greater imagination, he is proyears it has advanced in Great which are twice as strong as viding designs of a high stanBritain from an affair of mi natural silk and, should this dard which the factory technor importance, though cer surprising achievement be nician must bring into correct tainly with great possibilities combined with a greater derelationship with his pattern (in the remote future. to gree of elacticity, it may lead card and frames.
being one of the country im almost entirely to the supFrom every point of view portant industries. In 1801 the planting of the natural by the Great Britain has every reason world output of artificial silk artificial product.
to be pleased with the course was but 30, 000 lbs. last year Perhaps the most surprising ESTL of events. In 1664 the eminent it was 280, 000, 000. This re and encouraging, and at the Manchester scientist Dr. Ropresents a weight equal to same time rapid, change that bert Hooke was meditating on about two per cent of the has taken place is in regard to the possibility of manufacturworld output of cotton, or the number of purposes to ing a composition as good as a about eighi per cent of that of which artificial silk is now the product of the silk worm; wool. Four years ago the put. The new fibre achieved but he lacked raw material, world production of silk and its first success in hosiery.
adequate machinery and, of artificial silk were equal in vo Now it is used in a bewilderequal importance in the econolume. Today the output of ar ing variety of goods. Even mic fie! d, a public demand for tificial silk is three times that within the last twelve months the product. In 1840 Louis of silk.
there has been a tremendous Schwabe of Manchester inWith regard to quantity, advance in the styles and devented an artificial silk spinthere can therefore be no ques. signs of material for women ning machine, but his tragic tion of the popularity of the wear in both cotton and wool death three years later closed artificial fibre, and the rapid mixtures; but even greater that chapter. In 1857 another improvement in the quality progress has been made in Manchester man, Mr.
and looks of the yarn was respect of fabrics composed of Hughes, took out a patent for seen at the third Exhibition of about equal parts of real and a gelatine silk; and twenty British Artificial Silk Goods artificial silk fibres.
years later Sir Joseph Wilson held at Holland Park in Lon In the lace trade the period Swan commenced his researdon in March. This Exhibition of experiment is over, and a ches, which resulted in a filais the recognised medium for considerable amount of artiment to which the name artithe introduction to the distri ficial silk is now used in the ficial silk was first given. In butive trades of the latest de manufacture of lace curtains, 1892 Messrs. Cross and Bevan velopment in goods manufac the advance made may be took out their patent for the tured in Great Britain either gathered from the figures for manufacture of viscose silk. wholly or in part from arti 1926 and 1927. In the formar and the new industry was then ficial silk. The many povelties year the value of exports of fairly launched. Now the inshown this year demonstrated lace containing artificial silk dustry has definitely made its their considerable progress was 201, 437; last year it was way to the front rank in Great made in deying finishing, and 311, 233, an increase of over men outfitting trade was late handkerchiefs, hosiery, pyja has established itself in linings Britain, and its future satisprinting processes, and the co fifty per cent. In hangings, in welcoming artificial silk, mas, and dressing gowns arti for men garments as well as factory development may be lours were more beautifu! than curtains, brocades, tapestries, but a breach has now been ficial silk is widely used. In for women ever before.
and general furnishing fabrics made in the wall of masculine shirtings and suitings progress regarded as assured. notable feature in As the result of extensive the new material is making convention. Men today tend to is slow, but some progress is nexion with the new fibre is research work, filaments can amazing headway.
adopt brighter colours than being made; and during the that Lancashire manufacturers Spanish and English for sale at House rent books in now be produced in a wide As might be expected, the did their fathers, and in ties, past few seasons artificial silk are displaying a much greater ihe Workman Printery.
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