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Page xii
... thread hand - spinning wheel Hargreaves model - The Saxony wheel probably unknown to him - Description of the Saxony wheel , single and two- thread - Extensive adoption of Hargreaves ' invention- Richard Arkwright ; the barber's shop a ...
... thread hand - spinning wheel Hargreaves model - The Saxony wheel probably unknown to him - Description of the Saxony wheel , single and two- thread - Extensive adoption of Hargreaves ' invention- Richard Arkwright ; the barber's shop a ...
Page xvi
... thread to spindle in spinning . Fuli size 70. Plan of rim - shaft of headstock 72. Backing - off chain tightening motion 74. Completion of cop bottom 75 . " " cop • 76. Arrangement of click gear 77. Quadrant nut . Position at finish of ...
... thread to spindle in spinning . Fuli size 70. Plan of rim - shaft of headstock 72. Backing - off chain tightening motion 74. Completion of cop bottom 75 . " " cop • 76. Arrangement of click gear 77. Quadrant nut . Position at finish of ...
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... thread wheel , evidently the progenitor of the domestic wheel long in use in this country , and the Saxony wheel of a later date . This was unsuited , however , for the production of the fine yarns used in the manufacture of the ...
... thread wheel , evidently the progenitor of the domestic wheel long in use in this country , and the Saxony wheel of a later date . This was unsuited , however , for the production of the fine yarns used in the manufacture of the ...
Page 4
... threads at a time . This constituted the climax of hand spinning . In the fourth decade of the eighteenth century the elder Kay , of Bury , in Lancashire , invented the picking - stick for the hand loom , added boxes to its sley , and ...
... threads at a time . This constituted the climax of hand spinning . In the fourth decade of the eighteenth century the elder Kay , of Bury , in Lancashire , invented the picking - stick for the hand loom , added boxes to its sley , and ...
Page 48
... thread . When the proper structure is fully developed , in the twisting process they become firmly bound together , one fibre folding over and gripping the corded edge of another , thereby enabling a con- tinuous thread of considerable ...
... thread . When the proper structure is fully developed , in the twisting process they become firmly bound together , one fibre folding over and gripping the corded edge of another , thereby enabling a con- tinuous thread of considerable ...
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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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