Book · 112 pages
An illustrated 1893 trade catalogue of the Lowell Machine Shop of Lowell, Massachusetts, describing the cotton machinery it built. It runs through the processing sequence: carding engines, drawing frames, speeders and fly frames, ring spinning frames, twisters and mules, then spoolers, warpers, slashers, size kettles, beaming machines, looms, brushing machines, folders, presses and drawing-in frames. Most pages are engravings of the machines with descriptions of features and dimensions. The book ends with company history, repair and supply notes, mill plans, and tables of machine lengths, spinning production, and pulley patterns.