Trade catalog issued by the Whitin Machine Works of Whitinsville, Massachusetts, in 1917, describing its line of textile machinery and including a handbook of useful information for manufacturers and engineers. It covers the processes of cotton manufacture in order: opening and mixing, picking, carding, combing, drawing, roving, spinning, spooling, twisting, reeling, quilling and weaving. Later sections cover waste and wool machinery, worsted roving and miscellaneous items. Each section has photographs and line drawings of machines, floor plans, specifications, floor spaces, belting and weight data, and production tables. The weaving section describes Whitin looms (heavy pattern, wide, end-cam, dobby, gingham, fancy box and duck looms) and related devices.

Type

Book

Date

1917

Language

English

Pages

295