Calender
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A short encyclopedia entry defining the calender, a machine used in textile manufacture to press woollen and silk fabrics and linens so they become smooth, even and glossy, or to give them a watered or waved finish as seen in mohairs and tabbies. It describes the machine as two hard wooden rollers set between two heavy boards, the upper one pressed down by a screw and loaded with stones.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1771
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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