History of a Cotton Gown -- No. 2
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Second installment of a Penny Magazine series tracing the making of a cotton gown, covering the spinning of cotton into yarn. It describes domestic spinning on the big wheel and the little (Leipzic or Saxony) wheel, then the machine inventions of Hargreaves (spinning-jenny), Arkwright (water-twist frame), Crompton (mule) and the throstle. It also explains yarn qualities, hank numbering, warping, sizing, and the move toward power weaving, with a note on Cartwright's loom. Illustrated with an engraving of the little wheel and a drawing of throstle-spinning apparatus.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- January 18, 1840
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 3
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