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American Naturalist
Cynthia Silk-Worm, Andrews, W. V. American Naturalist, Vol. 2, No. 63 (August 1868), 10 pages. Posted October 3, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 744 KB PDF
American Silk Worm, Part 1, Trouvelot, L. American Naturalist, Vol. 1, No. 1 (March 1867), 9 pages. Posted October 3, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 648 KB PDF
American Silk Worm, Part 2, Trouvelot, L. American Naturalist, Vol. 1, No. 1 (March 1867), 11 pages. Posted October 3, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 580 KB PDF
American Silk Worm, Part 3, Trouvelot, L. American Naturalist, Vol. 1, No. 3 (April 1867), 8 pages. Posted October 3, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 572 KB PDF
American Whig Review
The History of Silk, Cotton, Linen, Wool, ..., ---. American Whig Review, 1 page. Posted February 4, 2004. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 532 KB PDF
Appletons' Cyclopedia of Applied Mechanics
Silk-Spinning Machinery, ---. Appletons' Cyclopaedia of Applied Mechanics, 1889, 3 pages. Posted February 11, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.3 MB PDF
Appleton's Journal
Culture of the Silk-Worm, ---. Appleton's Journal, Vol. 1 (1869), 3 pages. Posted October 4, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 624 KB PDF
Arts and Decoration
Artistic Triumph of American Silks, ---. Arts and Decoration, Vol. 12 (1919-1920), 2 pages. Note: Reduced to 85% to fit on page. Posted June 18, 2004. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 716 KB PDF
Bay State Monthly / New England Magazine
A Gallant Silken Trade, Earle, Alice Morse. Bay State Monthly / New England Magazine, Vol. 22 (1900), 8 pages. Posted September 13, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 988 KB PDF
Books
Family Bombycidae (Silk-Worm Moths) from The Moth Book, Holland, W. J. Doubleday, Page & Co., 1920, 5 pages. Posted April 1, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 676 KB PDF
Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club
Notes on an Early Silk Weave, ---. The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 27 (1943), 8 pages. Posted January 17, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.1 MB PDF
Retrospective Exhibition of Lyons Silks, ---. The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 11, No. 1 (1927), 6 pages. Posted September 23, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 984KB PDF
Some Mediaeval Silks from the Caspian Provinces of Iran, Ackerman, Phyllis. The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 39 (1955), 17 pages. Posted January 9, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.6 MB PDF
Some Shiraz Silks, Ackerman, Phyllis. The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 36 (1952), 24 pages. Posted January 9, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.1 MB PDF
Silk Trade of Lucca, de Roover, Florence Elder. The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 38 (1954), 21 pages. Posted January 9, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.1 MB PDF
Two Mediaeval Woven Silk Fabrics in the Bindings of the 9th Century MS. The Four Gospels" in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York City, Elsberg, H. A. The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 17 (1933), 10 pages. Posted November 20, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.4 MB PDF
Elephant Medallion Silk in the Cooper Union Museum, Morris, Frances. The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 16, No. 2 (1932), 5 pages. Posted October 1, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 788 KB PDF
Nine English Silks, Rothstein, Natalie. The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 48 (1964), 32 pages. Posted October 23, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3 MB PDF
Note of Silk Culture in America in the Eighteenth Century, Stiles, Ezra. The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 7, No. 2 (1923), 3 pages. Posted September 21, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 496 KB PDF
18th Century Silk-Designer's Manual, Thorton, Peter. The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 4 (1958), 25 pages. Posted January 9, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.6 MB PDF
Notes on Chinese Silk Found in the South of Russia, Toll, N. P. The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 34 (1950), 10 pages. Posted January 9, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF
Silk Weaves of Lucca and Venice in Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, Weinberger, Martin. The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 25 (1941), 27 pages. Posted January 17, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3.1 MB PDF
Peep in Sericulture, Whiting, Gertrude. The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 5, No. 2 (1921), 4 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted February 15, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 648 KB PDF
Silkworm, and its Culture in Hawaii, Whiting, Gertrude. The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 10, No. 2 (1926), 4 pages. Posted September 23, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 752KB PDF
Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine
Silk Culture, ---. Century, Vol. 23, No. 6 (April 1882), 2 pages. Posted October 6, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 840 KB PDF
Chambers's Encyclopedia
Silk and Silkworm, ---. Chambers's Encyclopedia Supplement, 1881, 5 pages. Posted February 7, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 996 KB PDF
Charities and the Commons
Some Greek Children, Hyde, Arthur Edward. Charities and The Commons, November 9, 1907, 3 pages. Posted October 2, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 560 KB PDF
China Pictorial
Khotan's Modern Silk Industry, Wang Lou-chin. China Pictorial, 1965, No. 1, 2 pages. Note: Reduced to 75% to fit on page. Posted December 24, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.5 MB PDF
Collier's
Wild Silk -- An American Possibility, Aaron, S. F. Collier's, Vol. 44 (1909), 1 page. Posted September 23, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 552 KB PDF
Craftsman
Dyeing Silks, Pellew, C. E. Craftsman, Vol. 15 (1909), 4 pages. Posted September 24, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 760 KB PDF
Silk Dyeing (Continued), Pellew, C. E. Craftsman, Vol. 15 (1909), 4 pages. Posted September 24, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 740 KB PDF
Diccionario Enciclopédico
Seda [Silk], ---. Diccionario Enciclopédico Hispano-Amerocano, 8 pages. Posted August 21, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.9 MB PDF
Dictionnaire des Arts et Manufactures et de L'Agriculture
Soie [Silk], ---. Dictionnaire des Arts et Manufactures et de L'Agriculture, 1891, 32 pages. Note: Scanned from microfilm; poor quality. Posted November 3, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 12.3 MB PDF
Domestic Encyclopedia
Mulberry Tree, ---. Domestic Encyclopedia, 1821, 2 pages. Posted February 16, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 492 KB PDF
Silk, ---. Domestic Encyclopedia, 1821, 1 page. Posted February 16, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 400 KB PDF
Silk Worm, ---. Domestic Encyclopedia, 1821, 1 page. Posted February 16, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 456 KB PDF
Encyclopedia Britannica, 1st ed.
Silk, ---. Encyclopedia Britannica, 1st ed., 1771, 3 pages. Posted July 1, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 586 KB PDF
Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th ed.
Silk, Mellor, A. Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th ed., 1911, 12 pages. Posted August 20, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.7 MB PDF
Encyclopaedia Perthensis
Silk, ---. Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1803, 11 pages. Posted July 8, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.6 MB PDF
Engineering and Mining Journal
[Silk], ---. Engineering & Mining Journal, April 26, 1913, 1 page. Posted October 4, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 444 KB PDF
Engineering Weekly
Keats' Silk Thread Twisting Machine, ---. Engineering Weekly, January 22, 1875, 2 pages. Posted April 1, 2003. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 724 KB PDF
Machinery for Treating Silk Waste, Part 1, ---. Engineering Weekly, July 3, 1874, 2 pages. Note: Reduced to 85% to fit on standard paper. Posted October 4, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.7 MB PDF
Machinery for Treating Silk Waste, Part 2, ---. Engineering Weekly, August 7, 1874, 4 pages. Note: Reduced to 85% to fit on standard paper. Posted October 4, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.3 MB PDF
Pneumatic Oven for Drying Silk Cocoons, ---. Engineering Weekly, January 19, 1872, 1 page. Posted March 21, 2003. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 596 KB PDF
English Encyclopedia
Silk Manufacture, ---. English Encyclopedia, 1867, 3 pages. Posted February 1, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 984 KB PDF
English Historical Review
English Silk Industry in the Eighteenth Century, Hertz, Gerald B. English Historical Review, Vol. 24, No. 96 (October 1909), 18 pages. Posted February 18, 2004. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.4 MB PDF
Great Industries of the United States
Sewing Silk and Machine Twist, ---. Great Industries of the United States, 1872, 5 pages. Posted September 25, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 744 KB PDF
Silk Dress Goods, ---. Great Industries of the United States, 1872, 6 pages. Posted September 25, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 900 KB PDF
Harper's Monthly Magazine
Among the Silk-Worms and Velvet Looms, ---. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 11 pages. Note: review. Posted September 12, 2004. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 5.6 MB PDF
Spider's Silk, ---. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1, 2 pages. Posted November 3, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 792 KB PDF
Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturist
Silkworm Culture, ---. Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturalist, Vol. 1 (1904), 1 page. Posted November 5, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 444 KB PDF
Household Words
Silken Chemistry, Dickens, Charles. Household Words, Vol. 5 (1853), 3 pages. Posted July 11, 2004. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 628 KB PDF
Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary
Silk, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 10, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 484 KB PDF
[Silk], ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Note: Collected short articles. Posted August 8, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 504 KB PDF
Silk Culture, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 19, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 472 KB PDF
Silk Manufacture, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 10, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 448 KB PDF
Silk Reel, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 10, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 432 KB PDF
Silk Sorting Machine, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 26, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 456 KB PDF
Silk Stretching Machine, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 26, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 416 KB PDF
Silk Twisting and Reeling, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 11, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 408 KB PDF
Silk Twisting and Reeling, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 26, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 408 KB PDF
Silk Winder, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 19, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 456 KB PDF
Silk-Cleainng Knife, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 10, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 400 KB PDF
Silk-Cleaning Knife, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 26, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 396 KB PDF
Silk-Sorting Machine, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 10, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 468KB PDF
Silk-Stretching Machine, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 11, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 420 KB PDF
Knight's New Mechanical Dictionary
Silk Machinery, ---. Knight's New Mechanical Dictionary, 1884, 1 page. Posted February 15, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 412 KB PDF
Silk Softening Machine, ---. Knight's New Mechanical Dictionary, 1884, 1 page. Posted February 15, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 424 KB PDF
Silk Winder, ---. Knight's New Mechanical Dictionary, 1884, 1 page. Posted February 15, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 448 KB PDF
Spooling Machine, ---. Knight's New Mechanical Dictionary, 1884, 2 pages. Posted February 15, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 484 KB PDF
London Encyclopaedia
Silk, ---. London Encyclopaedia, 1829, 15 pages. Posted June 24, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.1 MB PDF
Magazine of Art
Revival of the British Silk Industry, ---. Magazine of Art, 1898, 2 pages. Posted June 19, 2004. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 704 KB PDF
Manufacturer and Builder
Gloss on Silk, ---. Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 1 (1869), 1 page. Posted January 9, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 712 KB PDF
Restoring Silk Hats, ---. Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 1 (1869), 2 pages. Posted January 9, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.4 MB PDF
Silk and Silk Manufacture, No. III: The Silk Industry in England, ---. Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 5, No. 8 (August 1873), 1 page. Posted March 9, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.1 MB PDF
Spider's Silk, ---. Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 1 (1869), 1 page. Posted January 9, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 560 KB PDF
Whence Came our Silks, ---. Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 1 (1869), 2 pages. Posted January 9, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.2 MB PDF
A Fiber of Silk: From the Worm to the Finished Fabric, Part V., Rice, George Damon, Jr. Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 24, No. 5 (May 1892), 2 pages. Posted March 9, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.6 MB PDF
Master Weaver
Facts About Silk, ---. Master Weaver, No. 21 May 1955, 2 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. By permission. Posted July 15, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 563 KB PDF
How to Weave Silk, ---. Master Weaver, No. 21 May 1955, 6 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. By permission. Posted July 15, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 996 KB PDF
Melliand (specimen)
Necktie Fabrics of Bemberg Silk, ---. The Melliand (specimen), 1929, 1 page. Posted July 8, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 440 KB PDF
On the Physics and Chemistry of Dyeing Phenomena: IV. On Phenomena Observed in the Dyeing of Silk and Wool, Fikentscher,H. and K. H. Meyer. The Melliand (specimen), 1929, 9 pages. Posted July 6, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 980 KB PDF
The Dyeing of Acetate Silk, Rabe, Dr. The Melliand (specimen), 1929, 5 pages. Posted July 8, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 816 KB PDF
Melliand
History of the Sericulture Industry in China, ---. The Melliand, Vol. 1, No. 11 (February 1930), 3 pages. Posted September 3, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 612 KB PDF
New Silk Loom: Box Motion, Dobby, and Cone Harness Motion, ---. The Melliand, Vol. 1, No.10 (January 1930), 3 pages. Posted March 5, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF
Silk Loom, ---. The Melliand, Vol. 2, No. 12 (March 11931), 1 page. Posted December 24, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 620 KB PDF
Making Silk Throwing Profitable, Garden, Nelson B. The Melliand, Vol. 1, No. 1 (April 1929), 6 pages. Posted July 5, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 880 KB PDF
The Silk Stocking an Inventor's Fate, Karmel, Franz. The Melliand, Vol. 1, No. 1 (April 1929), 2 pages. Posted July 20, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 580 KB PDF
Toile de Soie -- Part I, Martinelli, J. A. The Melliand, Vol. 1, No. 10 (January 1930), 4 pages. Posted November 4, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 760 KB PDF
Toile de Soie -- Part II, Martinelli, J. A. The Melliand, Vol. 1, No. 11 (February 1930), 3 pages. Posted November 4, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 692 KB PDF
Toile de Soie -- Part III, Martinelli, J. A. The Melliand, Vol. 1, No. 12 (March 1930), 3 pages. Posted November 4, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 860 KB PDF
Weaving Rayon and Silk Mixed Fabrics, Piconi, John. The Melliand, Vol. 2. No. 11 (February 1931), 2 pages. Posted January 9, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 784 KB PDF
African Wild Silk and Its Uses, Saurenhaus, Max. The Melliand, Vol. 1, No. 7 (October 1929), 4 pages. Posted October 4, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 984 KB PDF
History of Textile Industry -- Spun Silk: Transition from a Home-Industry to Mechanical Spinning, Strohl, Ivan A. The Melliand, Vol. 1, No.10 (January 1930), 3 pages. Posted March 5, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 756 KB PDF
Biological Investigations of the Silk Worm, Wagner, W. The Melliand, Vol. 2, No. 2 (May 1930), 3 pages. Posted December 24, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 700 KB PDF
Melliand's Textilberichte [Melliand's Textile Reports]
Gewebe und Effekte mit Acetatseide, Hoz, H. Melliand's Textilberichte [Melliand's Textile Reports], 1927, 3 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted December 11, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 688 KB PDF
Gebildweberei in Seidendamastdecken des Rokoko [Pictorial Weaving of Silk Damask of the Rococo Period], Schellenberg, Alfred. Melliand's Textilberichte [Melliand's Textile Reports], 1927, 1 page. Posted July 8, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 684 KB PDF
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon
Seide [Silk], ---. Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 1897, 4 pages. Posted July 8, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 896 KB PDF
Seidenspinner, ---. Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 1897, 4 pages. Posted July 8, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 776 KB PDF
Nature
[Decline of the Indian Silk Industry], ---. Nature, Vol. 34, November 25, 1886, 2 pages. Posted June 17, 2004. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 416 KB PDF
Inheritance in Silkworms, ---. Nature, Vol. 79, November 19, 1908, 1 page. Posted September 28, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 452 KB PDF
[Machinery or Winding Silk], ---. Nature, Vol. 35, April 21, 1887, 1 page. Posted June 17, 2004. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 404 KB PDF
Silk-Producing Insects of West Africa, Dudgeon, Gerald C. Nature, Vol. 79, December 10, 1908, 1 page. Posted September 28, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 424 KB PDF
[Wild Silks of India], Peppe, T. F. Nature, Vol. 35, January 13, 1887, 1 page. Posted June 17, 2004. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 412 KB PDF
New-England Magazine
Domestic Silk, ---. New-England Magazine, 1 page. Posted October 8, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 464 KB PDF
New International Encyclopedia
Floss Silk, ---. New International Encyclopedia, 1922, 1 page. Posted February 10, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 400 KB PDF
Organzine, ---. New International Encyclopedia, 1922, 1 page. Posted February 17, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 400 KB PDF
Silk, ---. New International Encyclopedia, 1922, 5 pages. Posted February 17, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 836 KB PDF
Silkworm, ---. New International Encyclopedia, 1922, 5 pages. Posted February 17, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 964 KB PDF
News Bulletin of Lingnan University
Silk in the Life of South China, ---. The News Bulletin of Lingnan University, November 1928, 6 pages. Posted March 1, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3.8 MB PDF
Nouveau Larousse Illustré
Soie [Silk], ---. Nouveau Larousse Illustré, 1904, 2 pages. Posted August 13, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 776 KB PDF
Ver a Soie [Silk Worm], ---. Nouveau Larousse Illustré, 1904, 1 page. Posted August 13, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 508 KB PDF
Overland
Silk-Culture in California, ---. Overland, Vol. 4 (1870), 6 pages. Posted September 27, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 788 KB PDF
American Silk-Work Moth: Telea Polyphemus, Miller, Ellen Robertson. Overland, Vol. 43 (1904), 2 pages. Posted September 23, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 508 KB PDF
Silk Culture in California, Williams, Carrie. Overland, Vol. 40 (1902), 6 pages. Posted September 24, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 996 KB PDF
Oxford Encyclopedia
Silk, ---. Oxford Encyclopedia, 1828, 4 pages. Posted January 23, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 724 KB PDF
Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
Attempts to Rear Silk-Worms in England, ---. The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Vol. 11 (April 1842), 3 pages. Posted August 26, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 644 KB PDF
Day at the Derby Silk-Mill, ---. The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Vol. 12, Supplement (April 1843), 8 pages. Posted April 19, 2003. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.7 MB PDF
Silk-Producing Fish, ---. The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Vol. 9 (February 1, 1840), 2 pages. Posted April 19, 2003. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 668 KB PDF
People's Friend
Cleaning Silk, ---. People's Friend, 1872, 1 page. Posted June 17, 2004. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 412 KB PDF
Philosophical Transactions
A Letter of the Curious Mr. Henry Barham, R. S. Soc. to Sir Hans Sloan, Part, Vice-President of the Royal Society; Giving Several Experiments and Observations on the Production of Silk-Worms, and of their Silk in England, as made by Him Last Summer, ---. Philosophical Transactions, 1719, 3 pages. Posted October 4, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 552 KB PDF
New Improved Silk Reel, Pullein, Samuel. Philosophical Transactions, 1759, 12 pages. Posted October 19, 2003. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.1 MB PDF
Popular Science Monthly
Length of Thread of the Silk-worm, ---. Popular Science Monthly, Vol. 4 (1873-1874), 1 page. Posted June 17, 2004. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 400 KB PDF
Sericulture in Brazil, ---. Popular Science Monthly, Vol. 4 (1873-1874), 2 pages. Posted June 17, 2004. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 436 KB PDF
Posselt's Textile Journal
Printing of Silk Warps for the Manufacture of Chiné Silk, ---. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1907, 5 pages. Posted February 18, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.4 MB PDF
Designing and Fabric Structure of Jacquard Silks, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1911, 2 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted February 20, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 194 KB PDF
Designing and Fabtic Structure of Jacquard Silks, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1911, 4 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted February 20, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 478 KB PDF
Old Chinese Story of the Origin of Silk, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, March 1922, 3 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted April 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.9 MB PDF
Scarf and Necktie Silks, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1916, 3 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted February 17, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 446 KB PDF
The Moiréing of Silk Fabrics, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, January 1922, 2 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted April 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 569 KB PDF
Silk from Fibre to Fabric, Part 1, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1907, 2 pages. Posted February 5, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 624 KB PDF
Silk from Fibre to Fabric, Part 3, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1907, 4 pages. Posted February 15, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF
Silk from Fibre to Fabric, Part 3, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1907, 4 pages. Posted February 17, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.5 MB PDF
Silk Substitutes, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1907, 4 pages. Posted February 18, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.6 MB PDF
Rea's Far Eastern Manual
Cotton Spinning and Weaving Mills, Silk Mills. Towel and Ribbon Factories, Etc. (Japanese), ---. Rea's Far Eastern Manual, 1922, 43 pages. Posted May 2, 2004. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 6.8 KB PDF
Silk Filatures, ---. Rea's Far Eastern Manual, 1922, 10 pages. Posted May 2, 2004. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.6 MB PDF
Silk Filatures (Japanese), ---. Rea's Far Eastern Manual, 1922, 64 pages. Posted May 2, 2004. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 7.1 MB PDF
Silk Weaving Mills, ---. Rea's Far Eastern Manual, 1922, 4 pages. Posted May 2, 2004. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 736 KB PDF
Rees's Cyclopaedia
Manufacture of Silk, ---. Rees's Cyclopedia, 1819, 10 pages. Posted June 24, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.8 MB PDF
Silk, ---. Rees's Cyclopedia, 1819, 3 pages. Posted June 24, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 608 KB PDF
Repertory of Arts and Manufactures
Specification of the Patent Granted to Mr. Joseph Barton for an Improved Method of Preparing Indigo for the Purpose of Dying Wool, Silk, Cotton, and Other Articles, Barton, Joseph. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 9 (1798), 2 pages. Posted June 7, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 425 KB PDF
Specification of the Patent Granted to Mr. Robert Miller for a Method of Weaving All kinds of Linen, Cotton, Woollen, and Worsted Cloths, Hawksley, John. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 8 (1798), 7 pages. Posted June 7, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 624 KB PDF
Conclusion of Mr. Henry's Considerations Relative to the Nature of Wool, Silk, and Cotton, as Objects of the Art of Dying,, Henry, Thomas. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 2 (1795), 27 pages. Posted June 20, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.4 MB PDF
Considerations Relative to the Nature of Wool, Silk, and Cotton, as Objects of the Art of Dying, Part 1, Henry, Thomas. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 2 (1795), 20 pages. Posted June 4, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.1 MB PDF
Considerations Relative to the Nature of Wool, Silk, and Cotton, as Objects of the Art of Dying, Part 2, Henry, Thomas. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 2 (1795), 20 pages. Posted June 4, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF
Considerations Relative to the Nature of Wool, Silk, and Cotton, as Objects of the Art of Dying, Part 3, Henry, Thomas. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 2 (1795), 16 pages. Posted June 4, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 992 KB PDF
Specification of the Patent granted to Mr. Richard Varley for his Improved Method of Carding, Roving, and Spinning Cotton, Wool, and Silk, Varley, Richard. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 11 (1799), 5 pages. Posted June 10, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 560 KB PDF
Science
Silk Spinning Fly Larvae, Garman, H. Science, Vol. 22 (1893), 3 pages. Posted December 13, 2003. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 784 KB PDF
Silk-Spinning Cave Larva, Garman, H. Science, Vol. 22 (1893), 1 page. Posted October 16, 2003. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 516 KB PDF
Scientific American
American Silk Manufacture, ---. Scientific American, Vol. 7, No. 45 (1852), 1 page. Posted March 7, 2005. CD (HWDA12). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 676 KB PDF
Improved Silk-Assorting Machine, ---. Scientific American, Vol. 6, No. 5 (February 1, 1862), 2 pages. Note: Reduced to 85% to fit on page. Posted April 2, 2003. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 700 KB PDF
Technical World
Helping the Silk Worm Spin, ---. Technical World, Vol. 18, September 1912, 1 page. Posted May 14, 2004. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 432 KB PDF
Tree That Grows Silk, ---. Technical World, Vol. 16, 1911, 1 page. Note: Kapok. Posted September 27, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 432 KB PDF
Textile Mercury
A Prayer Book Woven in Silk, ---. Textile Mercury , Vol. 4 (1891), 2 pages. Note: Digital photography. Posted August 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.99 MB PDF
Silk and Satin Manufactures, ---. Textile Mercury , Vol. 4 (1891), 1 page. Note: Digital photography. Posted August 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.29 MB PDF
The Silk Industry of France, ---. Textile Mercury , Vol. 4 (1891), 2 pages. Note: Digital photography. Posted August 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 4 MB PDF
Textiles
Boiling-Off Silk, Girard, J. L. Textiles, Vol. 15, No. 3 (September 1919), 1 page. Posted February 15, 2004. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 536 KB PDF
Boiling-Off Silk, Part 1, Girard, J. L. Textiles, July 1919, 2 pages. Note: One in a series of articles that probably started in an earlier volume. Part numbering is relative. Posted August 1, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 524 KB PDF
Boiling-Off Silk, Part 2, Girard, J. L. Textiles, August 1919, 1 page. Note: One in a series of articles that probably started in an earlier volume. Part numbering is relative. Posted August 1, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 460 KB PDF
Textile World Journal
Details of Manufacture of Spun Silk Yarns, Hollis, J. W. Textile World Journal, Vol. 51, No. 46 (October 14, 1916), 2 pages. Posted February 15, 2004. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 876 KB PDF
United States Democratic Review
History of Silk, Cotton, Linen, Wool and other Fibrous Substance, Including Observations on Spinning, Dyeing and Weaving, Also an Account of the Pastoral Like of the Ancients, ---. United States Democratic Review, 1846, 1 page. Note: Review. Posted October 1, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 640 KB PDF
Manufacture of Wool, Silk, Cotton and Flax, ancient and Modern, ---. United States Democratic Review, 1846, 7 pages. Posted October 1, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.9 MB PDF
Workers of the Nation
Silk Manufacture, ---. Workers of the Nation: An Industrial Encyclopedia of the Occupations of the American People, 1906, 5 pages. Posted August 12, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 814 KB PDF
Woman's World
Adulteration of Silk, Sibbald, Andrew T. Woman's World, Vol. 3 (1890), 2 pages. Posted October 24, 2003. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 596 KB PDF
Silk-Weaving in the East-End, Sibbald, Andrew T. Woman's World, Vol. 3 (1890), 4 pages. Posted October 21, 2003. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF
Zell's Encyclopedia
Silk, ---. Zell's Encyclopedia, 1876, 1 page. Posted August 13, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 544 KB PDF
Silk-Worm, ---. Zell's Encyclopedia, 1876, 1 page. Posted August 13, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 524 KB PDF
books
---. Extrait d'un Ancien Livre Chinois [Extract from an old Chinese book], Pihan Delaforest, 25 pages. Note: Provided by Philippe Demoule. Posted September 3, 2002. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.2 MB PDF
---. Letters from the Secretary of the Treasury in Relation to the Growth and Manufacture of Silk, Gales and Season, 1828, 232 pages. Posted June 18, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 13.9 MB PDF
---. Pei wen geng zhi tu, 1696, 99 pages. Note: scanned from photocopy. Posted August 9, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 7.8 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 11.8 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 9.3 MB PDF.
---. Silk: Its Origin, Culture, and Manufacture, Corticelli Silk Mills, 1911, 46 pages. Posted April 1, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3.1 MB PDF
---. Summary of the Principal Chinese Treatises Upon the Culture of the Mulberry and the Rearing of Silk Worms, Peter Force, 1838, 203 pages. Posted July 9, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 7.4 MB PDF
---. Zhi si jing quan tu, 1916, 14 pages. Note: Poor quality, especially images. Completeness and page order uncertain. Posted July 13, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.2 MB PDF
Bonafous, Matthieu. De L'Education de Vers a Soie [On Raising Silkworms], Madame Huzard, 1827, 98 pages. Note: Provided by Philippe Demoule. Posted July 7, 2002. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.8 MB PDF
Butler, Edward A. Silkworms. Young Collector Series 2nd Ed, Swan Sonnenschein and Co., 1892, 108 pages. Posted July 5, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 6.4 MB PDF
Carrier, Amans. Des Vers a Soie [Silkworms], 1838, 30 pages. Note: Provided by Philippe Demoule. Posted September 3, 2002. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.1 MB PDF
Chittick, James. Silk Manufacture and its Problems, James Chittick, 1913, 579 pages. Posted June 8, 2003. CD (HWDA06). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 11.5 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 11.6 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 10.4 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 5.3 MB PDF.
Chittick, James and E. A. Posselt. A Glossary of Silk Terms, Including a Short History of Silk, its Origin, Culture and Manufacture, Cheney Brothers, 1915, 95 pages. Note: 2-up. Posted June 24, 1999. CD (CWDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.6 MB PDF
Falke, Otto von. Kunstgeschichte der Seidenweberei, Vol. 1 [Art History of Silk Weaving], Verlag Ernst Wasmuth, 1913, 213 pages. Note: Rebuilt March 15, 2003. Posted January 16, 2003. CD (HWDA06). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 5 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.9 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 9.8 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 12.6 MB PDF.
Falke, Otto von. Kunstgeschichte der Seidenweberei, Vol. 2 [Art History of Silk Weaving], Verlag Ernst Wasmuth, 1913, 240 pages. Note: Rebuilt May 1, 2003. Posted May 1, 2003. CD (HWDA06). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 8.3 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.7 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 10.6 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 9.9 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 9.6 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 8.6 MB PDF.
Franke, O. Kêng Tschi T'u. Ackerbau und Seidengewinnung in China: Ein kaiserliches lehr- und mahn-Buch. [Agriculture and Silk Production in China: An Imperial Instruction and Cautionary Book], 1913, 312 pages. Posted February 1, 2003. CD (CWDA05). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 9.9 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 11.1 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 11.4 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 12.5 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 7.7 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 9 MB PDF. Part 8: File size 9.8 MB PDF. Part 9: File size 9.2 MB PDF. Part 10: File size 9.2 MB PDF.
Gaddum, H. Silk, H. T. Gaddum & Company, 1948, 64 pages. Posted July 15, 1999. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 3.2 MB PDF
Halle, Johann Samuel. Seidenmanufaktur [Silk Manufacture]; Werkstätte der heutigen Künste oder die neue Kunsthistorie, Die eilfte [sic] Abhandlung], Wendelin und Halle, 1762, 47 pages. Posted February 12, 2003. CD (CWDA05). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 6 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 6.7 MB PDF.
Honda, Iwajiro. Silk Industry of Japan, The Imperial Tokyo Sericultural Institute, 1909, 221 pages. Posted January 13, 2003. CD (HWDA06). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 9 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.1 MB PDF.
Hooper, Luther. Silk: Its Production and Manufacture, Pitman & Sons, 1911, 126 pages. Posted April 29, 2001. CD (CWDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 5.9 MB PDF
Hooper, Luther. Silk: Its Production and Manufacture [Chinese Translation], Pitman & Sons, 1911, 130 pages. Posted June 23, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 8.1 MB PDF
Janos Bolle. Selyemtenyesztes Japanban, Orszagos Kosegi Nyomda Reszyenytaggsasag [Silkworm Breeding in Japan], 1899, 129 pages. Posted December 17, 2004. CD (HWDA12). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 10.6 MB PDF
K'rchikean, Hakob. Metak'sabanut'iwn kam aghek metak's shinelu arhest (Sericulture), Hovhannes Miwhentiseanin Tparane, 1846, 263 pages. Note: Armenian. Posted April 8, 2004. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 8.9 MB PDF
Lardner, Dionysius. A Treatise on the Origin, Progressive Improvement and Present State of the Silk Manufacture, Carey & Lea - Chestnut Street. Philadephia, 1832, 262 pages. Posted October 7, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 12.1 MB PDF
Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, M. Nouvelles Considérations sur les Vers á Soie [New Thoughts on Silkworms], Madame Huzard, 1859, 219 pages. Note: Provided by Philippe Demoule. Posted July 2, 2002. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 7.8 MB PDF
Manchester, H. H. The Story of Silk and Cheney Silks, Cheney Brothers, 1916, 61 pages. Posted March 1, 2003. CD (CWDA05). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 9.1 MB PDF
Pasteur, Louis. Etudes sur la Maladie du Ver Soie [Studies on the Illnesses of Silkworms], Masson & Co., 1928, 810 pages. Note: Provided by Philippe Demoule. Posted July 7, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 4.2 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.3 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 10.3 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 11 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 10.9 MB PDF.
Paulet, Jean. Art du fabricant d'estoffes de Soie [The Art of the Producer of Silk Fabrics], 1779, 605 pages. Posted August 23, 2002. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 8.9 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 7.7 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 7.4 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 10.5 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 8.2 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 5.6 MB PDF.
Posselt. E. A. Silk Throwing, Textile Publishing Company, 1918, 254 pages. Note: 2-up, portrait mode. 138 document pages. Posted February 10, 2002. CD (CWDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 7.1 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 6.3 MB PDF.
Posselt, E. A. Textile Machinery Part 3: Wool, Cotton, Silk from Fibre to Fabric, E. A. Posselt, 1905, 473 pages. Note: Volume IX in Posselt's Textile Library. Posted November 27, 2001. CD (CWDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 6.6 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.2 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 7.4 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 7.2 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 8.6 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 7.1 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 7.4 MB PDF. Part 8: File size 8.0 MB PDF. Part 9: File size 7.0 MB PDF. Part 10: File size 6.4 MB PDF.
Qianlong, Emperor of China. Yu zhi geng zhi tu, Vol. 1, 1700s, 25 pages. Note: Landscape mode. Posted July 9, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 6.4 MB PDF
Qianlong, Emperor of China. Yu zhi geng zhi tu, Vol. 2, 1700s, 25 pages. Note: Landscape mode. Posted July 12, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 5.2 MB PDF
Reynaud, M. Des Vers á Soie et de Leur Education [About Silkworms and Raising Them], Á la Libraire du Commerce, Chez Renard, 1824, 374 pages. Note: Provided by Philippe Demoule. Posted July 7, 2002. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 7.5 MB PDF
Seillon, Jean. Traité de Tissage Appliqué aux Soieries et Rubans [A Treatise on Weaving applied to Silk and Ribbon], Urbain Balay, 1893, 300 pages. Posted May 8, 2002. CD (CWDA03). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 6.1 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 6.9 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 5.4 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 4.6 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 10.1 MB PDF.
Serres, Olivier de and Nicholas Geffe. The Perfect Use of Silke-Wormes, and Their Benefit, Felix Kyngston, 1607, 107 pages. Note: Scanned from microfilm. Posted March 5, 2003. CD (HWDA06). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3 MB PDF
T. B. A Compendious Account of the Whole Art of Breeding, Nursing, and the Right Ordering of the Silk-Worm, 1733, 41 pages. Posted July 14, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.7 MB PDF
Thompson, Eliza B. Silk, Ronald Press, 1922, 259 pages. Posted June 16, 2003. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 8.8 MB PDF
Vieil, Pierre. Sériculture [The Silk Industry], Librairie J.-B. Bailliére et Fils, 1905, 277 pages. Posted February 13, 2003. CD (CWDA05). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 7.9 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.4 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 7.3 MB PDF.
Vignon, L. La Soie [Silk], Librairie J.-B. Baillié et Fils, 1890, 182 pages. Note: Provided by Philippe Demoule. 2-up. Posted July 7, 2002. CD (CWDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 10.3 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 10.7 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 10.4 MB PDF.
Wardle, Thomas. Kashmir: Its New Silk Industry, Natural History, Geology, Sport &c., Simpson, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co., 1904, 421 pages. Posted February 15, 2003. CD (CWDA05). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 6 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 4.5 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 7.1 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 10.4 MB PDF.
Wardle, Thomas. On the Present Development of Power-Loom Weaving of Silk Fabrics at Lyons, William Harris & Sons, 1893, 55 pages. Posted March 12, 2003. CD (HWDA06). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 3.4 MB PDF
ephemera
Textile mills and plants
Willimantic, Connecticut Area. Drawings, postcards, and photographs, 10 pages. Posted May 23, 2003. File size 1.2 MB PDF
Chafee Silk Mill, Willimantic, CT. Picture postcard, 1 page. Posted January 26, 2003. File size 32 KB PDF
Publications
Chittick, James . Order slip for the book "Silk Manufacturing and its Problems", 1 page. Posted October 28, 2002. File size 24 KB PDF
Weaving and textile organizations
Nonotuck Silk Co,. Florence, Massachusetts. Advertisement, 1 page. Posted May 21, 2003. File size 48 KB PDF
Textile-related businesses
William Skinner & Sons, Holyoke, Massachusetts. Sample folder, 1917, 4 pages. Posted May 22, 2003. File size 388 KB PDF
Tu Chin Sheng Silk Weaving Factory. Woven advertisement, 2 pages. Posted July 18, 2003. File size 580 KB PDF
Social and political history
The Case of the English Weavers and the French Merchants. Broadside, 1670, 1 page. Note: Scanned from microfilm. Posted April 11, 2004. File size 532 KB PDF
Textile-related businesses
Cheney Silks. Advertisement in Arts and Decoration, 1921, 1 page. Posted September 15, 2003. File size 204 KB PDF
Equipment factories
Atwood Machine Company, Stonington, Connecticut. Advertisement for silk machinery, 1 page. Posted September 3, 2003. File size 16 KB PDF
Textile-related businesses
Claussner. Advertising postcard, 1 page. Posted January 23, 2004. File size 484 KB PDF
Textile equipment
Silk Reeling. Picture postcard, 1 page. Posted August 19, 2003. File size 36 KB PDF
Textile-related businesses
Eureka Silk. Trade cards, 3 pages. Posted February 18, 2003. File size 300 KB PDF
Corticelli. Trade cards, 4 pages. Note: Last updated December 20, 2003. Posted December 20, 2003. File size 284KB PDF
Belding Bros. & Co. Trade Cards, 2 pages. Posted April 16, 2003. File size 360 KB PDF
Keystone Spool Silk. Trade card, 1 page. Posted February 18, 2003. File size 220 KB PDF
Potter's Spool Silk. Trade card, 1 page. Posted February 20, 2003. File size 48 KB PDF
Belding Bros. Advertisement, 1891, 1 page. Posted July 23, 2003. File size 72 KB PDF
M. Hemingway & Sons. Advertisement, 1886, 1 page. Posted July 24, 2003. File size 16 KB PDF
illustrations
---. Workshop in the Shihmein County Filature Processes Silk Produced Locally, China Pictorial, 1975, No. 5, 1 page. Posted September 22, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 604 KB PDF
Diderot, Denis and John Le Rond d'Alembert. Encyclopedia: Weaving Plates, Part XI -- Silk dye/Teinture soie, 1763, 4 pages. Note: Contributed by Philippe Demoule. Posted June 19, 2002. CD (CWDA05). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 712 KB PDF
monographs
---. "Directions for the Rearing of Silk Worms" in Mackenzie's Five Thousand Receipts in All the Useful and Domestic Arts, James Kay, Jun, & Co., 1831, 7 pages. Posted June 10, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1,1 MB PDF
---. Necessaries; Best Product of Land; Best Staple of Commerce, James Humphreys, 17 pages. Posted May 16, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.7 MB PDF
---. Roman Silk Across the Ages, The C. Santamaria Roman Silk Weaving Co. Rome, 21 pages. Posted June 1, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.6 MB PDF
---. Silk Throwing, Part 1 (Monograph 5002A), International Textbook Co., 1924, 58 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Copyright not renewed. Posted August 11, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.9 MB PDF
---. Silk Throwing, Part 10 (Monograph 5002J), International Textbook Co., 1924, 66 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Copyright not renewed. Posted August 11, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.9 MB PDF
---. Silk Throwing, Part 2 (Monograph 5002B), International Textbook Co., 1924, 48 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Copyright not renewed. Posted August 11, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.1 MB PDF
---. Silk Throwing, Part 3 (Monograph 5002C), International Textbook Co., 1924, 47 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Copyright not renewed. Posted August 11, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.2 MB PDF
---. Silk Throwing, Part 4 (Monograph 5002D), International Textbook Co., 1924, 51 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Copyright not renewed. Posted August 11, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.5 MB PDF
---. Silk Throwing, Part 5 (Monograph 5002E), International Textbook Co., 1924, 59 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Copyright not renewed. Posted August 11, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.9 MB PDF
---. Silk Throwing, Part 6 (Monograph 5002F), International Textbook Co., 1924, 88 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Copyright not renewed. Posted August 11, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3.8 MB PDF
---. Silk Throwing, Part 7 (Monograph 5002G), International Textbook Co., 1924, 68 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Copyright not renewed. Posted August 11, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.0 MB PDF
---. Silk Throwing, Part 8 (Monograph 5002H), International Textbook Co., 1924, 62 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Copyright not renewed. Posted August 11, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.8 MB PDF
---. Silk Throwing, Part 9 (Monograph 5002I), International Textbook Co., 1924, 57 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Copyright not renewed. Posted August 11, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.7 MB PDF
Brickett, C.J. and Luft, Carl A. Silk Testing, Part 2 (Monograph 5001B), International Textbook Co., 1925, 48 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Copyright not renewed. Posted August 11, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.1 MB PDF
Brickett, C.J. and Luft, Carl A. Silk Testing, Part 3 (Monograph 5001C), International Textbook Co., 1925, 58 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Copyright not renewed. Posted August 11, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.5 MB PDF
Brown, Harriet G. The Story of Silk, F.A. Owen Publishing Company, Dansville, N.Y., 1907, 36 pages. Posted June 19, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.4 MB PDF
Budd, F. W. Decorative Silks in America, Cheney Silks, 1924, 14 pages. Note: Copyright expired. Posted February 18, 2003. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.8 MB PDF
Cronise, Titus Fey. Section on Agriculture from The Natural Wealth of California, H. H. Bancroft, 1868, 12 pages. Posted April 26, 2004. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 944 KB PDF
Kellogg, Vernon L. Inheritance in Silkworms: I, Stanford University Press, 1908, 91 pages. Posted May 7, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 5.2 MB PDF
Roberts, Walter Scott. Silk Culture in America, 1945, 113 pages. Posted October 7, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 11.3 MB PDF
Smiles, Samuel. "John Lombe: Introducer of the Silk Industry into England" in Men of Invention and Industry, John Murray, 1884, 14 pages. Posted June 10, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF
patents
Silk equipment
Apparatus for Breeding Silkworms, US01816368, Fioruzzi, V.. July 28, 1931, 15 pages. Posted February 5, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.4 MB PDF
Apparatus for Rearing Silkworms, US03727580, Yumiyuma. Seisuke, et al. April 17, 1973, 14 pages. Posted March 6, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.3 MB PDF
Apparatus for Reeling Silk from the Cocoon, US00399937, Serrell, E. W. Jr.. March 19, 1889, 6 pages. Posted June 15, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 760 KB PDF
Apparatus for Separatur Wast Floss from Cocoons, US00399936, Serrell, E. W. Jr.. March 19, 1889, 3 pages. Posted June 15, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 628 KB PDF
Artificial Feed for Domestic Silkworms, US03794499, Shirota, Minoru, et al. Feburary 26 1974, 3 pages. Posted March 6, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 652 KB PDF
Artificial Feed for Silkworms and Method of Using the Same, US03583871, Niimura, Masazumi, et al. June 8, 1971, 3 pages. Posted March 6, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 632 KB PDF
Artificial Feed for Wild Silkworms, US03792172, Shirota, Minoru, et al. Feburary 12, 1974, 2 pages. Posted March 6, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 548 KB PDF
Cocoon Holder for Silk Reeling Machines, US00320709, Serrell, E. W. Jr.. June 23, 1885, 2 pages. Posted January 20, 2004. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 524 KB PDF
Cocoon Lodgment, US00001347, Jenkins, S. M.. September 28, 1839, 2 pages. Posted July 18, 2003. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 508 KB PDF
Device for Reeling Silk from the Cocoon, US00317222, Serrell, E. W. Jr.. May 5, 1885, 2 pages. Posted January 20, 2004. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 504 KB PDF
Device for Twisting Silk from Cocoons and Other Materials, US00248408, Daina, F.. October 18, 1881, 3 pages. Posted January 20, 2004. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 612 KB PDF
Eating-Inducing Compositions for Wilkworms, US03275446, Hamamura, Yasuji, et al. September 27, 1966, 2 pages. Posted February 9, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 628 KB PDF
Electrical Regulator for Reeling Silk from Cocoons, US00202125, Serrell, E. W. Jr.. April 9, 1878, 3 pages. Posted June 15, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 540 KB PDF
Enclosure for Educting Silkworms, US02416037, Mead, M. H.. February 18, 1947, 7 pages. Posted February 9, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.2 MB PDF
Feeding Silkworm Larvae Feed Containing Propionic Acid, US03295983, Kato, Keizo, et al. January 3, 1967, 2 pages. Posted February 9, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 496 KB PDF
Feeding tent and Silk Worm Ventilation, US00003083, Gill, J. W.. May 12, 1843, 2 pages. Posted July 19, 2003. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 512 KB PDF
Feedstuff for Silkworms Containing Aromatic Polyhydroxy-Carboxylic Acid and Method, US03328170, Hamamura, Yasuji, et al. June 27, 1967, 4 pages. Posted March 6, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 740 KB PDF
Frame for Feeding Silk Worms, US00002130, Morris, E.. June 16, 1841, 4 pages. Posted July 19, 2003. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 672 KB PDF
Machibes for Spreading Silk, US00141071, Sault, J.. July 22, 1873, 3 pages. Posted June 15, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 568 KB PDF
Machine for Making Silk, US00001041, Dennis, J.. December 28, 1838, 4 pages. Posted July 18, 2003. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 644 KB PDF
Machines for Spreading Silk, US00141017, Sault, J.. July 22, 1873, 3 pages. Posted January 17, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 568 KB PDF
Manufacture of Silk, US00001468, Benson, B.. January 10, 1840, 4 pages. Posted July 18, 2003. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 600 KB PDF
Manufacture of Silk, US00002331, Tillighast, J. B.. November 10, 1841, 3 pages. Posted July 19, 2003. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 592 KB PDF
Method for Germ-Free Rearing of Silkworms by Using Plastic Insulator, US03465720, Miyazawa, Homare, et al. September 9, 1969, 5 pages. Posted March 6, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 748 KB PDF
Method for Rearing Silkworms, US03465721.pdf, Miyazawa, Homare, et al. September 9, 1969, 4 pages. Posted March 6, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 800 KB PDF
Method of and Apparatus for Conserving Coccoons of Silk Producing Insects, US01704972, Hurst, G. D.. March 12, 1929, 4 pages. Posted February 5, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 756 KB PDF
Method of Cocoon Storage by Cooling and Drying, US01717227.pdf, Kobori, K.. June 11, 1929, 3 pages. Posted February 5, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 632 KB PDF
Method of Inducing Moult of Silkworms, US03230930, Hamamura, Yasuji, et al. January 25, 1966, 3 pages. Posted February 9, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 604 KB PDF
Method of Making Cocoons with a Sounding Object, US03994259, Sakamura, Tomohiko. November 30, 1976, 15 pages. Posted March 6, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 956 KB PDF
Method of Raising Silkworms on Artificial Feed, US03488196, Niimura, Masazumi, et al. January 6, 1970, 2 pages. Posted March 6, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 588 KB PDF
Mode of Producing Silk from Insects, US00051988, Wilder, Wales & Nichols. January 9, 1866, 4 pages. Posted January 2, 2004. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 630 KB PDF
Procedure for Setting Up a Cocoonery for Silkworms as well as Removing Cocoons from the Coonconery and Apparatus Therefor, US03757740, Peressini, Gabriele. September 11, 1973, 7 pages. Posted March 6, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF
Process for Preparing Food for Silk Worms, US01990343, Maruse, Kunimaro. February 5, 1935, 1 page. Posted February 9, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 472 KB PDF
Sericulture, US01096116, Mead, M. H.. May 12, 1914, 7 pages. Posted January 22, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.1 MB PDF
Silk Reeling Machine, US00334619, Serrell, E. W. Jr.. January 19, 1886, 3 pages. Posted January 20, 2004. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 548 KB PDF
Silk Reeling Machine, US00334620, Serrell, E. W. Jr.. January 19, 1886, 4 pages. Posted January 20, 2004. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 584 KB PDF
Silk Reeling Machinery, US00334617, Serrell, E. W. Jr.. January 19, 1886, 3 pages. Posted January 20, 2004. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 628 KB PDF
Silk Reeling Machinery, US00334621, Serrell, E. W. Jr.. January 19, 1886, 3 pages. Posted January 20, 2004. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 580 KB PDF
Silk Reeling Machinery, US00406598, Serrell, E. W. Jr.. July 9, 1889, 9 pages. Posted June 15, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF
Silk Spinning Machine, US00003684, Harris, J. S.. July 30, 1844, 2 pages. Posted July 19, 2003. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 576 KB PDF
Silk Spinning Machinery, US00001909, Hertitage, G.. December 17, 1840, 3 pages. Posted July 19, 2003. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 548 KB PDF
Silk Winding Machine, US00001040, Dennis, J. Jr.. December 28, 1838, 5 pages. Posted July 18, 2003. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 700 KB PDF
Silk Winding Machine, US00001871, Heritage, G.. November 26, 1840, 2 pages. Posted July 18, 2003. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 524 KB PDF
Silk Winding Machine, US00001910, Heritage, G.. December 17, 1840, 2 pages. Posted July 19, 2003. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 548 KB PDF
Silk Winding Machine, USX0009022, Gay, G.. August 17, 1835, 3 pages. Posted January 2, 2004. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 728 KB PDF
Silk Winding Machine, USX0009138, Gay, G.. October 6, 1835, 4 pages. Posted January 2, 2004. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 648 KB PDF
Silk Worm Breeding Device, US00867138, Kaukasiele, D.. September 24, 1907, 2 pages. Posted February 3, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 576 KB PDF
Thread Forming Device for Silk Spinning Machines, US00361129, Camel, L.. April 12, 1887, 4 pages. Posted June 15, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 732 KB PDF
Treatment of Tussah-Silk Cocoons, US00354222, Randall, Henry B.. December 14, 1866, 2 pages. Posted June 15, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 536 KB PDF
Tree Coverer for Silkworm Culture, US01957994, Eccher, A. F.. January 9, 1933, 7 pages. Posted February 9, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 808 KB PDF
Fabrics
Silk Velvet Textile and Method of Manufacturing the Same, US05598615, Takada, Tooru. February 4, 1997, 12 pages. Posted March 2, 2003. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 868 KB PDF
periodicals
American Silk Journal
Nov. 50, No. 2 (February 1931), 44 pages. Note: Copyright expired. Posted April 4, 2005. File size 7.3 MB PDF
Ciba Review
11 (July 1938), 44 pages. Note: PDF provided by Margaret Coe. Posted September 1, 2006. File size 10.9 MB PDF
documents created for online publication
Demoule, Philippe. A Museum Treasure, 4 pages. Posted March 1, 2003. FIRST PAGE. File size 524 KB PDF
Demoule, Philippe. L'Atelier du Canut Lyonnais au XIXme Siècle [The Workshop of the Lyonnais Canut in the 19th Century], 130 pages. Posted July 7, 2002. FIRST PAGE. File size 3.4 MB PDF
Demoule, Philippe. Le Dictionaire de la Soierie I: Glossaire [Dictionary of Silk Making: Glossary I], 71 pages. Posted March 5, 2002. FIRST PAGE. File size 524 KB PDF
Demoule, Philippe. Le Dictionaire de la Soierie II [Dictionary of Silk Making: Glossary II], 72 pages. Posted May 24, 2002. FIRST PAGE. File size 416 KB PDF
Demoule, Philippe. The Great Story of Silk Trade of Lyons, 12 pages. Posted June 19, 2002. FIRST PAGE. File size 169 KB PDF
Demoule, Philippe. Velours ciselé de Soie [Cut Silk Velvet], 3 pages. Posted April 23, 2002. FIRST PAGE. File size 452 KB PDF
other
Exhibition catalogs and guides
---. Cineské Hedvábi [Chinese Silks], Náprstkovo Muzeum, 1970, 52 pages. Posted November 1, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3.4 MB PDF
Pamphlets
---. Only Silk is Silk: For the Student of Silk, International Silk Association, 6 pages. Posted December 11, 2002. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.7 MB PDF
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