Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering : illustrated with four thousand engravings on wood ; in two volumes (1873)
D. Appleton and Company · New York : D. Appleton and Co. · leaf 261
f the top 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 yarn in-tended to be spun. Figs. 781-2-3-4, represent… … Genr-end. Scale.—5 inches = 8 feet. rhere are but few mills in the United States that use single carding; the greater part 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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