Balling-Machine
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A short dictionary entry describing the balling machine used in cotton thread manufacture to wind thread into balls on a rotating spindle or paper cap. It explains the flyer, spindle, stop-motions, and ball sizes (16 to 600 to the pound), with an illustration of the machine and sectional views of a ball. It also credits the invention to M. I. Brunel and notes its adoption at Strutt's mills in Derbyshire around 1805.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1876
- Language
- English
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- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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