Spinning
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An encyclopedia article on spinning, tracing the craft from the hand spindle and distaff through the spinning-wheel to the mechanized spinning of the Industrial Revolution. It describes the Hargreaves jenny, Arkwright's throstle, and Crompton's mule. It also covers the preparation of fibre by opening, lapping and carding, and the yarn counts reached in the 1880s. Illustrated with line figures of a two-handed wheel, spindle and bobbin, the jenny, and carding machinery.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1881
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 3
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