Filatures

Through the treetops and branches L-onie could see watermills, the flat roofs of the distilleries and the textile workshops with their filatures m-caniques. ❋ Mosse, Kate (2007)

The standard and dried cocoons form the raw material of the reeling mills, or filatures, as they are called on the Continent. ❋ Various (N/A)

= The cocoons are next sent to the reelers or filatures. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

Waste silks include the pierced cocoons, that is, those from which the moth has come out by making the hole and breaking the fibers in one end of the cocoon; the waste made in the filatures in producing raw or reeled silk, chiefly the outside fiber of the cocoon and the inside next the chrysalis; and also the waste made in manufacture. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

Tokyo Chamber of Commerce to take the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce representatives to inspect the silk filatures, that a delightful luncheon, or as it is called there, "Tiffin," was awaiting us under the trees. ❋ Geneve L. A. Shaffer (N/A)

In fact, I do not see in what way the reeling of silk in the United States, by the ordinary method, could be made to bear a much higher charge for labor than that borne by European filatures, which barely pay with labor at one franc per diem of thirteen hours. ❋ Various (N/A)

Europe they are taught by degrees in the filatures, working first at the easier stages of the operations, and afterward being helped forward under the eyes and guidance of experienced operatives. ❋ Various (N/A)

Cotton mills, silk filatures, flour and rice mills employing western machinery, modern mining plants and other evidences of how China is coming out of her shell, cause one to rejoice in improved conditions. ❋ Edwin John Dingle (1926)

That nation was enterprising enough to cultivate silk and foster its reeling; and when America sent the Japs machinery they set it up and soon had tremendous filatures run by their own people. ❋ Sara Ware Bassett (1920)

To this end he has opened cotton-mills, silk-filatures, glass-works and iron-works, all on an extensive scale, with foreign machinery and foreign experts. ❋ Unknown (1871)

There, on the south bank, you may see the long walls and tall chimneys of numerous manufacturing establishments -- cotton-mills, silk filatures, rope-walks, glass-works, tile-works, powder-works -- all designed to introduce the arts of the West, and to wage an industrial war with the powers of Christendom. ❋ Unknown (1871)

In large filatures a small steam-engine to propel the reels, etc., and to heat the water for reeling would be necessary. ❋ Unknown (1863)

Mr. Robinson had been sent to France, at the expense of the Trustees, to study the management of filatures and the necessary processes for preparing the article for market, and thus, though no operative, was qualified to take the directorship of so important a branch of industry. ❋ Harris, Thaddeus M (1838)

The liberal policy of the commissioners, who had no private ends to answer, caused them to recommend the establishment of additional filatures, and in their letter to the Trustees, June 12th, 1751, they advise the erection of one at Ebenezer, and another contiguous to Savannah, but Mr. Ottolenghe opposed this course and arrogated to the one in Savannah the entire monopoly of the culture. ❋ Harris, Thaddeus M (1838)

Among the latest of those travellers is Mr. Mac Farlane, [57] at the date of whose visit the silk manufacture had entirely disappeared, and even the filatures for preparing the raw silk were closed, weavers having become ploughmen, and women and children having been totally deprived of employment. ❋ Unknown (1836)

Mr. Robinson brought with him a large quantity of silkworm seed, but all failed, save about half an ounce; the commissioners determined at once to erect a filature, which should be a normal school to the whole province, and it was their opinion that it would be “a sufficient nursery to supply, in three or four years, as many reelers as will be wanted, when we make no doubt of many private filatures being erected, which can only make their culture a general staple.” ❋ Harris, Thaddeus M (1838)

Merchants would not stand for this, and now American manufacturers have gone to China and set up their own filatures equipped with American machinery. " ❋ Sara Ware Bassett (1920)

"Reeled silk comes direct from the cocoon, leaving the filatures on spools, as you saw when you were here before. ❋ Sara Ware Bassett (1920)

“I think him the most prudent as well as the most capable person I ever knew, to undertake such a work, and if he could be continued here, I doubt not but that he would turn out a number of well instructed reelers, who would be able to conduct filatures at Ebenezer, ❋ Harris, Thaddeus M (1838)