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Kinks on Worsted Combing, Drawing andSpinning; No. 4
Kinks on Worsted Combing, Drawing andSpinning; No. 4
Book · 94 pages
A 1911 compilation of questions and answers on worsted yarn manufacture, drawn from the Questions and Answers department of the Textile World Record and edited by Clarence Hutton. Topics include drafting and gill-box draft calculations, wool grading and sorting, twist constants, backwashing, oil in combing, carding and Noble combs, finishing gills, Bradford and French systems, mill layouts and machinery lists, spinning, moisture regain in yarn, and the meaning of merino. It includes a few diagrams, tables of calculations and card settings, and advertisements for machinery makers.

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