Two-page excerpt from The Textile Mercury (22 Feb. 1890) on textile machinery. The first piece describes Joseph Seel's arrangement for grinding carding engine flats with the face downward in working position, to avoid deflection and neps, with two diagrams. The second article surveys the history of mechanical burring of foreign wools, including the Fraysse water-based burring machine, followed by short notes on New Zealand flax and a bill on marking foreign goods.