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 682
, MACHINERY FOR PREPARING AND SPINNING. 671 nearly the -whole length of the boss, and thereby preventing the roving from wearing the surface of therollers unequally. q q, the thread-plates or guides, having small notches opposite to each bobbin through -which thethreads pass on their way from the… … G- G, are sheet-iron linings extending from the beam C to H H, spouts formed under and within the rows of bobbins. These linings and spouts serve to collectand withdraw the water which is thrown off by the centrifugal force of the bobbins.
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