Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1861)
Appleton, firm, publishers, New York. (1852, D. Appleton & Co.) · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 265
p cards, by which the fibres are finallyarranged in their proper position. The quantity of cotton, or the thickness of the lap, the velocity ofthe cards, and of the drawing rollers, must be carefully adjusted to the number or size of the yam in-tended to be s|>nn. Figs. 781-2-3-4, represent the… … Gear-end. Scale.—5 inches = 8 feet. There are hut few mills in the United States that use single carding; the greaterpart use Breakers andFinishers, even those that manufacture the coarsest goods. In the Eastern district the general breadthof the cards is 37 inches, and diameter of main cylinder…
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