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Page vi
... connection with cotton spinning , and of corre- sponding truths in other industries , lies at the basis of the public anxiety for the inauguration of a general and sound system of technical instruction , and the favour with which all ...
... connection with cotton spinning , and of corre- sponding truths in other industries , lies at the basis of the public anxiety for the inauguration of a general and sound system of technical instruction , and the favour with which all ...
Page vii
... connection with these it has been attempted to trace the development , describe the function of the leading parts , and show the working of the various machines employed in the trade . The least consideration will show that some such ...
... connection with these it has been attempted to trace the development , describe the function of the leading parts , and show the working of the various machines employed in the trade . The least consideration will show that some such ...
Page xii
... connection between its parts ; description ; operation ; the driving , roller , spindle , and bobbin shafts ; jack in the box ; the cones , method of operating them ; the traverse movement ; acceleration of speed - Reversal of traverse ...
... connection between its parts ; description ; operation ; the driving , roller , spindle , and bobbin shafts ; jack in the box ; the cones , method of operating them ; the traverse movement ; acceleration of speed - Reversal of traverse ...
Page 1
... connection with it ; and this example in succession spreading to all the other great in- dustries , has , during the past century and a half , revolu- tionized the condition of civilized society , and made its in- fluence felt ...
... connection with it ; and this example in succession spreading to all the other great in- dustries , has , during the past century and a half , revolu- tionized the condition of civilized society , and made its in- fluence felt ...
Page 42
... connected to it by vas- cular bundles , which proceed from below upwards , traverse the carpels , and send a branch to each seed . At the same time there is also a considerable development of cellular tissue , forming a ridge or ...
... connected to it by vas- cular bundles , which proceed from below upwards , traverse the carpels , and send a branch to each seed . At the same time there is also a considerable development of cellular tissue , forming a ridge or ...
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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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