Carding
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A short encyclopedia article on carding, the combing of textile fibres to straighten them and remove impurities before spinning. It describes early hand cards and stock cards, then traces the development of mechanical carding through Hargreaves, Bourn, Lewis Paul, the elder Peel and Arkwright in the 18th century.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1911
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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