Card
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Dictionary entry on the card, the wire-toothed tool used to disentangle and align wool, flax, and cotton fibers before spinning. It describes how cards are built (bent wire teeth set obliquely in leather or other backing on a wooden back) and how two cards working in opposition align the fibers. It also notes the carding-machine equivalent and lists card types such as sheet, fillet, breaking, finishing, and top cards. Includes one figure of card-teeth.
- 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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