Show FLAX COTTON is IN GREAT BRITA BRITAIN the th london correspondent of the Commer commercial ceil cral 1 advertiser says of flax cotton the Theus user eol yol of flax cotton manufactured according tithe process of chevalier claussen is now in in progress qs upon an extensive scale ct et bradford in yorkshire and at al cork in ireland I 1 large mill owners at those places having entered into contracts the tile principle of the invention by which flax is adapted for spinning upon cotton wool and silk machinery consists in the destruction of the cy character of the fabre fibre by the expansive sive power of carbonic acid gas the first process however is the removal of the resin resinous matter peculiar to the plant thle thie i is s effected by boiling it for three hours in water containing one half per cent of common soda after which w it is dipped in water slightly acidulated acidulate d with sulphuric acid the flax is then thoroughly saturated in a solution of bicarbonate of soda and being sub in a solution of diluted sulphuric acid a liberation of gas takes place which causes the tile tubes of which the plant is composed to split when the material instantly losing its rigidity becomes a light expansive mass of cottony texture gliner increasing easing in size like leavening dougli dough or an expanding sponge spon gre L lastly for the f being bleached it is plunged into hypon ill ili lil of magnesia hen lien ilen it instantly b caes c a es white whito A rry very pry general opinion prevails prevail that the thel invention in wilt lead to 0 o rapid and extraordinary nary results si sixty t tons orthe cotton are arr nav nav being prep prepared at e d for t the he Manc manchester liester ilester market |