Fiber

Examples

• When yarn is dyed, the coloring matter penetrates to every part of the fiber, and hence the patterns formed by the weaving together of well-dyed yarns are very fast to light and water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The operator in Fig. 6 is shown assembling switch plugs and is in the act of driving home a screw which holds in place the fiber bar over which the cord bends. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Its fiber is very long, ranging from six to ten feet, and is noted for its smoothness and pliability, a feature which makes it ideal for rope making. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Another and cheaper product experimented with is the pith of the cornstalk, which is much lighter than the cocoanut fiber and serves the same purpose. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• These arrow-heads have generally a shoulder where the arrow was set into the shaft, there to be bound tightly with sinew or fiber. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• This combed out the matted tow of the hemp into clean, straight fiber. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• As Manila fiber is at times adulterated with Sisal, so has the latter its adulterant in a plant called Istle, which grows in Mexico and has hitherto been chiefly used in brush making. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The crab begins by tearing the husk, fiber by fiber, and always from that end under which the three eye-holes are situated. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• American hemp was used, this softer fiber being spun by hand long after Manila hemp was spun by machines. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• A certain flabbiness of fiber prevents the contemplated object from gripping him and engaging him in action. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• These matches were fuses of some slow-burning fiber, like tow, which would keep a spark for a considerable time. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Now, in every fiber of his being, heredity spoke louder than training. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Of the annual import of this fiber to the United States, 300,000,000 pounds in quantity, a large proportion finds its way to the wheat fields of the West. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It differs from the Manila fiber, which has now very largely supplanted it, by being much softer, though of less strength. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Everybody knows what rope is, but everybody does not know how rope is made or of what kinds of fiber it is manufactured. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The nerve fibers of the eye which carry the sensation of color to the brain are particularly sensitive to the primary colors--red, green, blue. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The color acquired by vegetable fibers is, therefore, usually faint. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• For animal fibers it is therefore necessary to discard chlorine as a bleaching agent, and to substitute a substance which will have a less disastrous action upon the fibers. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Among the fibers employed in rope making that of the hemp plant long held the supremacy, though in recent years it has been largely supplemented by other and stronger fibers. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Oiling is also an important process in the manufacture of ropes from hard fibers, as Manila, Sisal and New Zealand. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The pressure is so great that every opening between the fibers of cotton, every space between threads is forced full of rubber. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• This is greatly increased by twisting the fibers together, and is added to by the toughness of the fibers themselves, the whole giving to rope a great resisting power. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Suppose the nerve fibers responsible for carrying the red are totally defective. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Natural fibers, moreover, are difficult to spin and weave unless some softening material such as wax or resin is rubbed lightly over them. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The vibration of the ear drum will be transmitted by the three bones and the fluid to the fibers of the auditory nerves. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Its cheapness recommends it despite the fact that it is not of equal strength, and also that its fibers are shorter, being from two to four feet in length. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Manila and Sisal Fibers. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• This labyrinth is filled with a fluid in which are spread out the delicate sensitive fibers of the auditory nerves; and it is to these that the vibrations must be transmitted. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• There are various other fibers known under the name of hemp, the New Zealand, African, Java, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Two other rope-making fibers of importance are the Sunn hemp of India and cotton, ropes of the latter being largely used for certain purposes, such as driving parts of textile machinery. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

Editor: Nell