This diagram shows how rayon silk is spun

This diagram shows how rayon silk is spun. Viscose is forced through small holes into a coagulating bath. Labeled parts of the diagram include: revolving feed wheel, thread, funnel, cake, traverse that moves up and down to build up cake form, centrifugal box, coagulating bath, and viscose solution

Publication date: 1934-09-23

Size: 12.5 x 9.5 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Subject(s):

• Rayon--1930-1940
• Textile machinery--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Diagrams

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (September 23, 1934), Graphic Section/Camera News Review, p. 2

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Viscose Company