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Empress Si Ling Chi of China is credited with discovering silk. While sitting under a mulberry tree in a palace garden having tea, a silkworm's cocoon reportedly fell out of the tree into her cup. While removing it from her tea, she discovered the fine silk filament of the cocoon beginning to unravel.
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Empress Si Ling Chi of China is credited with discovering silk. While sitting under a mulberry tree in a palace garden having tea, a silkworm's cocoon reportedly fell out of the tree into her cup. While removing it from her tea, she discove...
http://www.bangkok-thailand.com/about-thai-silk.htm
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When silk was first discovered, it was reserved exclusively for the use of the ruler. It was permitted only to the emperor, his close relations and the very highest of his dignitaries. Within the palace, the emperor is believed to have worn a robe of white silk;
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www.silk-road.com/artl/silkhistory.shtml
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Silk is discovered in China as one of the best materials for clothing. Want to know when or where or how it is discovered? ... It is well known that silk is discovered in China as one of the best materials for clothing - it has a look and feeling of richness that no other materials can match. However, very few people know...
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Silk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. The best-known type of silk is obtained from cocoons made by the larvae of the mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori reared ...
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In order to destroy the source of the problem, she put a cocoon into hot water and found to her surprise that a delicate, single thread unwinded itself -- thus silk was discovered.
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Silk was discovered in China about 5,000 years ago. The Bombyx moth, unique to China at the time, lays 500 or more eggs in 4-6 days, and about 30,000 silk worms are hatched from one ounce of eggs. Thirty thousand worms will produce 12 pounds of raw silk.
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www.sacredsilks.com/story_sacred_silks.html
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Not all spider silk are created equal. For example, spiders use dragline silk to create the scaffolding for their webs, but another type of silk, known as capture silk, is used to fill out the web. ... Thousands of Strange Sea Creatures Discovered...
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www.livescience.com/animals/050805_spidersilk.html
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"How was the secret of silk discovered from China?" - Find the answer to this question and millions more on Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers. ... A little worm told me ... Oh ancient explorers like Cabot discovered the Chinese made silk from silkworms etc. Bought samples of Chinese goods back to Europe from the voyages to...
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