SILK THREAD
UNIQUE MANUFACTURE. PUTTING PESTS TO USE. _________ 9 (Received 2.30 p.m.) BERLIN, June 20. Myriads of cockshafers, maybeetles, and. even lobsters may, in the near future, be clothing womankind, according to claims of Professor Herzog and Dr Kunieke, before the Chemical , Institute, that they have discovered a process whereby ' silk thread can • be manufactured from ’’chitin,” an organic substance forming the horny part of insects and crustacea. They dissolve “chitin” and spray it into the air, where it forms silk threads of extraordinary strength.
It is suggested that, instead of exterminating locusts and similar pests, it will soon pay to breed them—A. and N.Z.
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Northern Advocate, 21 June 1926, Page 4
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105SILK THREAD Northern Advocate, 21 June 1926, Page 4
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