Silk Softening Machine
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A short dictionary entry from Knight's New Mechanical Dictionary describing a machine for softening and polishing silk after dyeing. Skeins hang over two tiers of bobbins, with weights stretching them and the lower tier moving faster and reciprocating to twist and untwist the silk. An engraving (Fig. 2259) shows the machine.
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- Article
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- 1884
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- English
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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