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Page ix
... length of staple and diameter of fibre ; descriptions ; capabilities and uses - Prin- ciple of classification ; classification of leading varieties- Standard qualities and variations of these - Careful selection required - Mechanical ...
... length of staple and diameter of fibre ; descriptions ; capabilities and uses - Prin- ciple of classification ; classification of leading varieties- Standard qualities and variations of these - Careful selection required - Mechanical ...
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... length and in many directions , in all of which the most interesting results may be attained . Thus much , how- ever , will suffice to show to what an important extent mechanical automatic labour has displaced manual indus- try , and to ...
... length and in many directions , in all of which the most interesting results may be attained . Thus much , how- ever , will suffice to show to what an important extent mechanical automatic labour has displaced manual indus- try , and to ...
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... length of staple and diameter of fibre ; descriptions ; capabilities and uses . - Principle of classification ; classification of lead- ing varieties . - Standard qualities and variation of these . - Careful selection required ...
... length of staple and diameter of fibre ; descriptions ; capabilities and uses . - Principle of classification ; classification of lead- ing varieties . - Standard qualities and variation of these . - Careful selection required ...
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... length and diameter of the fibres ; in the thick- ness of the walls and the number of the helical twistings . These differences are greatly increased when comparison is made between cottons grown on plantations or farms some distance ...
... length and diameter of the fibres ; in the thick- ness of the walls and the number of the helical twistings . These differences are greatly increased when comparison is made between cottons grown on plantations or farms some distance ...
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... . These yield the white varieties of Egyptian cottons , and in several respects fall short of the best qualities of the thoroughly acclimated sorts . The chief characteristics of Egyptian cottons are the length , 30 COTTON SPINNING .
... . These yield the white varieties of Egyptian cottons , and in several respects fall short of the best qualities of the thoroughly acclimated sorts . The chief characteristics of Egyptian cottons are the length , 30 COTTON SPINNING .
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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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