The story of artificial silk

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Identifikator:: 1765923751

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-146069

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Casson, Herbert Newton http://d-nb.info/gnd/118814435

Title:: The story of artificial silk

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: Efficiency Magazine

Year of publication:: [1928]

Scope:: xiii S., S. 17 - 130

Digitisation:: 2021

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: A marvellous caterpillar

Collection:: Economics Books

THE STORY OF ARTIFICIAL SILK Sm For tens of thousands of years, the silk- Worms spun their little sleeping robes, and No one gave them a thought. Millions of naked savages glanced at them stupidly and never conceived of the glory of silken clothes, They looked at them as stupidly as you and I look at the tides, moving back and forth With an infinite power that we do not know how to harness. ._ Then, about 4,600 years ago, there came Into the world a wise man and woman, who discovered that the silkworm was the ablest of all clothiers. The name of the man was Hwang-Tj, and the name of the woman was Lui-Tsu, They were Emperor and Empress of China, which was then the most en- lightened country in the world. The Empress Lui-Tsu was called ‘the goddess of the Silkworms.” She and her husband found a way to unroll the silk from the cocoons and to make beautiful fabrics. : ide of These fabrics were the glory and pri the Chinese people. They were worn only by the royal family and a few very mandarins. The Chinese wrote poems about silk. They 19

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