Machinery and Appliances
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Illustrated 1891 trade article from The Textile Mercury describing John Sykes and Sons' patent stop-motion twisting machine for making fancy yarns (knopped, looped, curled, variegated). It explains the stop-motion mechanism that halts a spindle when a thread breaks or runs out, and recommends fancy yarns to woollen, worsted and cotton manufacturers. The scan also includes the start of a bleaching installment on chemicing, with a chemic strength test.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1891
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
- Archive notes
- Digital photography.
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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