Two pages from The Textile Mercury, May 1890, describing an improved ring spinning frame by John Hetherington and Sons of Manchester. The article covers the flexible self-balancing spindle, steel rings, an anti-ballooning wire device, thread boards, front roller positions, creels and a quick doffing arrangement. The second page also has a section on bleaching and dyeing, with two new Clayton Aniline Company dyes (aurotine and Clayton Cloth Red), dyers' recipes for wool and silk, and a note on aniline dye imports into Japan.