The Arlington mills; a historical and descriptive sketch (1891)
Arlington Mills · Boston [Press of Rockwell and Churchill] · leaf 74
next advance is to the roving frame, the last operation through which the slubbing passes before spinning. Roving may be described as a ^^^ combination of drawing and twisting, with an excess spinning- room. of drawing, while spinning is a combination of the same processes, with an excess of… … THE ARLINGTON MILLS. 57 appreciation of the poetry of mechanism. It is impossible tosecure a picture which will graphically portray a spinning-room to the eye; for the sense of infinite motion which fills thespectator is necessarily lost. The picture presented herewithwill, however, convey some…
Woolen and worsted manufacture
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