Excerpt from Reports of the Raw Silk Classification Committee on Standard Tests for Raw Silk, Tentative Standard Tests for Raw Silk, Tentative Classification, American Standard Silk Skein The American Standard Silk Skein is based fundamentally upon the present specification and does not differ from it in any vital particulars, but so completely revises both the form and subject matter as to constitute a new specification and should be adopted in that manner rather than as an amend ment to the present one. Increased emphasis has been laid upon the proper diamond formation, the elimination of gum spots, the skein weights for various denier and the proper lacing both as to manner of lacing and material used. Special figures illustrating these subjects have been prepared, and it is believed that they will be more easily understood than in the present specification. Three appendices are added and are intended to assist those striving to produce the American Standard Skein. Appendix A contains the Winding Test and a tentative method of classifying Italian, Japanese and Chinese (shang hai) Steam Filature Raw Silk as to its winding quality. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.