SILK Silk is undisputedly the most beautiful of all natural fibers‚ with its unearthly sheen. It is also uncommonly strong‚ even at its finest‚ when it is almost invisible. It is unlike any other fiber used to make fabrics‚ for it is neither grown in a field or on an animal. It is not manufactured in a factory. A humble caterpillar about the size of a woman’s smallest finger produces the silk fiber‚ spinning it out of its mouth‚ using tiny fore-legs to place the silk where it should go. It is
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new age. Spider silk is the key to this project. Its strength is very important. Its stickiness helps catch prey. The production of silk is very important. First‚ strength of silk. Second‚ the stickiness of silk. Last‚ the production of silk. The strength of silk can keep bugs from breaking through. It also prevents them from falling down. The strength of it also prevents snapping randomly. Dragline silk consists of proteins called spidroins. These are made in the spider’s silk glands as a thick
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Base on the document‚ Marco Polo followed his father and uncle travel along the silk road trading goods from Europe. Due to his ability to speak four different languages and describe things into details‚ Khubilai Khan the emperor of the Mongol including China decides to keep him which he later became an advisor and tax collector to the emperor. When Marco Polo returned to Italy after spending seventeen years in the Mongol kingdom where he gives account about how the Mongol won their battles and dominant
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Paragraph 3: 5/5 What are some possible human uses for spider silk? 5/5 How are humans influenced by spider silk when developing products or new inventions? 5/5 Are there other organisms that produce silk besides spiders? If so‚ describe the organisms. A spider’s silk is made up of a chain of amino acids. This means that it is a protein. There are two primary amino acids called glycine and alanine. Spider silk is very strong and is about five times strong than steel and twice as strong as
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Berger Silk Q24 Click to write the question text I would not care at all as to which one I buy (1) Very Unimportant (2) Somewhat Unimportant (5) Neither Important nor Unimportant (6) Somewhat Important (7) Very Important (8) Extremely Important (9) Q23 Do you think that the various types and brands of this product available in the market are all vary alike or are all very different? They are all alike (1) moderately alike (2) mildly alike (3) neutral (4) not very alike (5) not alike (6)
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Sericulture‚ or silk farming‚ is the rearing of silkworms for the production of raw silk. Although there are several commercial species of silkworms‚ Bombyx mori is the most widely used and intensively studied. According to Confucian texts‚ the discovery of silk production byB. mori dates to about 2700 BC‚ although archaeological records point to silk cultivation as early as the Yangshao period (5000 – 3000 BCE).[1] About the first half of the 1st century AD it had reached ancient Khotan‚[2] and
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and 1450 C.E.‚ the Silk Road changed‚ while at the same time holding on to its original purpose. The trade of spices and goods‚ to and from‚ Asia and Europe remained constant‚ while the materials being traded slowly changed. The political boundaries as well as the national identities of the countries in the Silk Road also were altered. While the basic purpose of the Silk Road remained mostly unchanged‚ the goods traded on it‚ and the areas it went through‚ did. While the Silk Road originally began
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Internship Report On [pic] (Silk Bank Ltd‚ Pakistan) Submitted to: Manager‚ Silk Bank Ltd‚ Lahore Submitted by: Name: Roll #: Contact # Date of Submission: Jan 15‚ 2013 ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD (Dept‚ of Business Administration) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Silk Bank maintains its position as Pakistan’s Premier Bank determined to set higher standards of achievements. It is the major business partner for the Government of Pakistan with special emphasis on fostering Pakistan’s
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what are the main silk producing countries? what are the main silk producing countries? Thailand china India how is silk made? how is silk made? Today the silk industry is worth a lot of money. It is actually worth anywhere between $200 and $500 million each year. This is because there is such great demand for items that are made from silk. Usually the species Bombyx mori is cultivated and raised under controlled conditions. There are various stages to this
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mysore silk indusarty It was established in the year 1912 by the Maharaja of Mysore province‚ Naalwadi Krishnaraj Wadiar. The silk weaving factory in Mysore‚ presently owned by KSIC. In 1980 the Silk weaving factory was handed over to Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation Ltd.‚ a Govt. of Karnataka enterprise and is popularly known as KSIC. Under the initiatives of KSIC modernization of silk industry started and still continuing. KSIC is the only organization in the country commanding the entire
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