The lustre of textile fibres is due to a geometrical property of transparent cylindrical filaments with polished surfaces. Some of the factors, notably double refraction and diffraction, which might affect lustre are discussed, and a method is suggested for measuring lustre based on the high lights visible on a curved lustrous surface.
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M O Pelton (1930) studied this question.
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