Spool-Cotton Thread
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An 1872 article on the making of spool-cotton thread. It first traces the history of spinning from the distaff and spinning-wheel through Hargreaves, Arkwright, Crompton, Whitney and Samuel Slater, and the growth of the American cotton industry. It then describes in detail the machine processes at the Willimantic Linen Company of Willimantic, Connecticut: picking, carding, combing, roving, spinning, twisting, doubling, finishing, spooling and ticketing. It closes with the company's history, its mills, dye-house and staff, and its six-cord sewing-machine thread.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1872
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 11
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