Two pages from The Textile Mercury, June 7, 1890, under the heading 'Machinery and Appliances'. The main article describes Asa Lees & Co.'s improved revolving flat carding engine, covering its construction, flats, setting points, grinding arrangements and space savings, with an engraving. Shorter pieces cover a new flax scutching machine patented by Arthur Spiegelberg, a method by M. Frémy for making artificial silk non-inflammable, and the use of chrome mordants for alizarine colours on wool.