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BASSINE FILATURE [2 records]

Record 1 2002-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Silk (Textiles)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
OBS

filature: a place ... where silk reeling is carried on.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Soieries
  • Filature (Textiles)
CONT

les cocons ainsi préparés [cuisson, battage, purgeage] sont alors placés dans un récipient plat, la bassine de filature.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Herramientas y equipo (Industrias textiles)
  • Sedería
  • Fabricación de hilados (Textiles)
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Record 2 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silk (Textiles)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
CONT

the cocoons are steeped in hot water ... this softens the silk gum and sets free the fibre

CONT

Above the hot water tank in which the cocoons are floating is a glass rod

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soieries
  • Filature (Textiles)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
CONT

les cocons [...] sont [...] placés dans un récipient plat, la bassine de filature, où l'eau se renouvelle constamment à une température de 50 degrés. [pour ramollir le grès et dégager l'extrémité de la bave]

Spanish

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