A one-page extract from the British journal Engineering (19 October 1900) with two patent abstracts under the heading Textile Machinery. The first, by W. and D. McGee of Paisley, covers a yarn balling machine with a bent eyed needle and crochet hook that draw the cut thread end into the ball before it is doffed. The second, by E. F. and J. Alexander and Co. and J. Mackie of Glasgow, covers a thread tension device with rotatable discs and perforated weights. Line drawings illustrate both mechanisms.