Cotton Spinning: Its Development, Principles, and PracticeGeorge Bell and Sons, 1888 - 361 pages |
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... described by ancient historians - The hand wheel ; its first appearance in Europe ; in India - The Jersey , or common hand wheel ; its development from the spindle ; the driving wheel , the wharve - Similarity between the European wheel ...
... described by ancient historians - The hand wheel ; its first appearance in Europe ; in India - The Jersey , or common hand wheel ; its development from the spindle ; the driving wheel , the wharve - Similarity between the European wheel ...
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... described by geographical adjectives , and are derived from either the arborescent species or the imported variety . The former are harsh and wiry in staple , and the latter soft , like the American kinds from which they spring . EGYPT ...
... described by geographical adjectives , and are derived from either the arborescent species or the imported variety . The former are harsh and wiry in staple , and the latter soft , like the American kinds from which they spring . EGYPT ...
Page 82
... described , and laps are made from each mixing . Thus one lap each from three different kinds of cotton may be placed in a single scutcher , and by it united into one ; or two and one ; two and two , or any other desired proportions ...
... described , and laps are made from each mixing . Thus one lap each from three different kinds of cotton may be placed in a single scutcher , and by it united into one ; or two and one ; two and two , or any other desired proportions ...
Page 87
... described above , lies in the possession of two cylinders for opening purposes laid parallel to each other , the first of which has twelve rows of teeth , and the second four . It is fed and discharged by lattice creepers , and ...
... described above , lies in the possession of two cylinders for opening purposes laid parallel to each other , the first of which has twelve rows of teeth , and the second four . It is fed and discharged by lattice creepers , and ...
Page 92
... described ( Figs . 25 and 26 ) , which has met with such extensive approval in the trade , and in which the beater is arranged vertically . In this machine the cotton is fed to the bottom of the beater , rising higher and higher as it ...
... described ( Figs . 25 and 26 ) , which has met with such extensive approval in the trade , and in which the beater is arranged vertically . In this machine the cotton is fed to the bottom of the beater , rising higher and higher as it ...
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Arkwright's arrangement attached attenuated backing-off beater bobbin boiler carpel carriage carried chain coiled comb commences cone connecting rod counter faller cylinder diameter doubling drawing drawing rollers driving duction Edition engine English faller wire feed fibres fixed flyer front gearing Hargreaves Illustrations improvement inches incline increased invention inventor jenny labour latter layer length lever lifting loose machine machinery manufacture material means mechanical Memoir mill motion mule Notes obtained operation passed perfect pinion plates portion Portrait position production pulley quadrant rail result revolution revolutions per minute revolving ring frame roller beam round roving frame Samuel Crompton scutcher seed shaft sliver slubbing speed spindles spinner spinning frame spun staple surface teeth thread throstle tin roller tion trade Trans traverse tube twist uncoiled vols water frame weft weight wheel whilst winding Woodcuts wound yarn
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