Three pages from the British journal Engineering (29 January 1875) on a self-acting woollen mule, a spinning machine built by the Sächsische Maschinen-Fabrik (formerly R. Hartmann) of Chemnitz. Two pages are full-page engraved perspective views of the machine. The text is part of Dr. H. Grothe's series 'Self-Actors'. It describes the machine's three spindle speeds, the counter, backing-off regulation, supplementary twisting and carriage return mechanisms, and gives machine dimensions and spindle counts.