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Page 10
... containing 550 mules on Cromp- ton's principle , and 20,700 jennies on the plan of Har- greaves , which by this time had received some important improvements . The number of water frames on Ark- wright's principle cannot be ascertained ...
... containing 550 mules on Cromp- ton's principle , and 20,700 jennies on the plan of Har- greaves , which by this time had received some important improvements . The number of water frames on Ark- wright's principle cannot be ascertained ...
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... contain- ing a lock of cotton surrounding the seeds which are con- tained in them . The method of growth of the seed appears to be like that of a nut , viz . , by the successive deposit of concentric layers on the inner surface of the ...
... contain- ing a lock of cotton surrounding the seeds which are con- tained in them . The method of growth of the seed appears to be like that of a nut , viz . , by the successive deposit of concentric layers on the inner surface of the ...
Page 49
... containing them has to be dyed or printed . The convolutions in Egyptian and American cottons are more regular and the development more perfect than in other descriptions , which fully accounts for the acknowledged superiority of these ...
... containing them has to be dyed or printed . The convolutions in Egyptian and American cottons are more regular and the development more perfect than in other descriptions , which fully accounts for the acknowledged superiority of these ...
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... goat's hair . H shows a fibre of mohair ; I , cowhair ; and J , human hair . The finest wools are from 7 to inch in diameter , and contain from 2,600 to 2,900 serrations in the inch ; medium fine wools are 54 COTTON SPINNING .
... goat's hair . H shows a fibre of mohair ; I , cowhair ; and J , human hair . The finest wools are from 7 to inch in diameter , and contain from 2,600 to 2,900 serrations in the inch ; medium fine wools are 54 COTTON SPINNING .
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... contain from 2,000 to 2,500 serrations per inch . Coarse wools include all below 3 in diameter , and a corresponding diminution of the serrations . The knowledge acquired during the progress of the art of cotton manufacturing has ...
... contain from 2,000 to 2,500 serrations per inch . Coarse wools include all below 3 in diameter , and a corresponding diminution of the serrations . The knowledge acquired during the progress of the art of cotton manufacturing has ...
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Arkwright's arrangement attached attenuated backing-off chain bobbin boiler carriage carried centre coiled comb commencement cone connected connecting rod cotton counter faller counts cylinder diameter doubling drawing drawing rollers driving drum faller wire fibres fixed flyer front gearing Hargreaves improvement inches incline increased invention inventor jenny latter layer length lever lifting loose machine means mechanical mill motion movement mule nippers obtained operation outward run pair passing perfect pinion Platt Bros portion Portrait position production pulley quadrant result revolution revolutions per minute revolving ring frame roller beam round roving frame Samuel Crompton scroll seed shaft shown in Fig sliver slubbing speed spindles spinner spinning frame spun strap stretch surface teeth thread throstle tin roller tion trade Trans traverse tube turned twist uncoiled vols warp yarns water frame weft weight wheel whilst winding faller winding-on wound yarn
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