Keats' Silk Thread Twisting Machine
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A two-page illustrated article from Engineering describing John Keats' machine for laying (twisting) silk sewing thread, built by Greenwood and Batley of Leeds. It explains how a sizing machine winds silk onto bobbins and a laying machine twists three strands together by counter-rotating spindles and frame, replacing hand laying and allowing threads of much greater length. Page 1 has two engraved views of the machines (Figs. 1 and 2).
- Type
- Article
- Date
- January 22, 1875
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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