Doubling
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A one-page dictionary entry on doubling from Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary (1876), covering the process in cotton and wool, flax and silk manufacture. It explains how slivers are combined and drawn out to even their thickness, with an engraved illustration (Fig. 1720) of a doubling machine. It also describes how silk filaments are doubled and twisted, with notes on twist direction for tram and organzine.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1876
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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