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Page xiv
... Increasing popularity of the ring frame - Its use for spinning weft in the United States ; the weft frame in England and on the Continent Doubling Doubled yarns The throstle doubling frame ; disadvantages - Improved throstle doubling ...
... Increasing popularity of the ring frame - Its use for spinning weft in the United States ; the weft frame in England and on the Continent Doubling Doubled yarns The throstle doubling frame ; disadvantages - Improved throstle doubling ...
Page 9
... increasing . To these vast quan- tities there is yet to add the amount required by the Indian spindles , which will be ... increased to 80,000 , whilst the amount of cotton imported had grown to 18,500,000 lbs . The factory system may be ...
... increasing . To these vast quan- tities there is yet to add the amount required by the Indian spindles , which will be ... increased to 80,000 , whilst the amount of cotton imported had grown to 18,500,000 lbs . The factory system may be ...
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... increased to 143 , 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 ...
... increased to 143 , 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 ...
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... increased since the date of these returns to 500,000 . The above figures , however , very inadequately express the magnitude and importance of this gigantic industry , for they embrace none of the subordinate and dependent branches ...
... increased since the date of these returns to 500,000 . The above figures , however , very inadequately express the magnitude and importance of this gigantic industry , for they embrace none of the subordinate and dependent branches ...
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... increased consumption . A brief glance may now be given at the specialities of the different fields of production , and their relative im- portance . UNITED STATES . - The American cotton crop in amount probably exceeds that of all ...
... increased consumption . A brief glance may now be given at the specialities of the different fields of production , and their relative im- portance . UNITED STATES . - The American cotton crop in amount probably exceeds that of all ...
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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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