Three pages from The Textile Mercury of 17 January 1891 in the 'Machinery and Appliances' column. The first describes Rosskothen's patent improved pirn winder, made by Joseph Stubbs of Ancoats, Manchester, covering its Rabbeth spindles, automatic stop motion, mule-cop-style build and speed-regulating cam. The second describes Lang Bridge's large cavity drying cylinder from Accrington, with an engraving, and explains its bolted cast-iron segment construction. It ends with the start of a section of notes on recent English patents in dyeing and dyes.