A single-page dictionary entry on silk machinery from Knight's New Mechanical Dictionary. It lists the sequence of machines used by the Nonotuck Silk Co. (Florence, Mass.) for throwing and finishing spool silk, with patent attributions, and the frames used by the Danforth Locomotive and Manufacturing Co. (Paterson, N.J.). It also covers doubling, spinning/twisting, reeling, and terms such as organzine and tram.