Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 982
crank-shaft at the opposite end of the frame from that shown, acting in oppo-site directions on the top and bottom rollers of the pair, so as to condense and roll the loose sliv-er into a spongy roving, in which form it is received upon the spools and taken to the spinningjack or mule. Metallic… … 948 WRENCH. teeth, so adjusted as to work on the twist of yarn or thread-waste, combing or teaseling out gradu-ally the twist holding the fibre of wool together, and forming it into a thread. This gradual remov-ing of the twist, by the combing or carding process, leaves the fibres of wool composing…
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