Silk Winder
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A short dictionary entry on the silk-winder from Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary. It describes two senses: the reel on which silk is wound from cocoons, and the machine that transfers hanked raw silk onto bobbins before spinning, using swifts, friction devices and a traversing guide rod. It also notes Fanshaw's 1827 English patent for a winder with a stationary reel and revolving flyer, and includes an engraving of the machine.
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- 1876
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- English
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