On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Dawn Luckham wrote: > Use your microscope and have a look at your fibers under 250x to 500x > magnification. Flax fibers (linen) have a somewhat bamboo looking > shape. You get the bamboo like segments and when viewed in cross > section there is actually a dark looking (hollow?) centre like bamboo > has. Cotton fibers on the other hand is long with a gentle twisting > to the fiber. In cross section cotton appears as a kidney bean shape. > Cotton also has a dark centre but it is a squashed line instead of the > more open looking centre of linen.
How do you get the cross-section in a nonprofessional setup? I have used my microscope on fibers, but have never figured out how to see anything but the side view. --Robin _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
