Four pages from The Textile Mercury of 4 May 1889 (pp. 28-31). The main item describes Curtis, Sons and Co.'s improved revolving flat carding engine for cotton, covering ground cylinders and doffers, flexible bends, flats, grinding fittings, and output. Other pages describe Coleby's yarn bundling press, an American four-cylinder napping machine, and a patent balling machine with slasher warper. Page 1 also carries a German textile trade letter from Elberfeld and short news items on duties, dividends and strikes.