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A cotton fabrics glossary (1914)

Frank P. Bennett & Co · Boston, New York, Frank P. Bennett · leaf 383

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and atthe finisher about 11 ounces to yard oflap, or for the finer counts 10 ouncesper yard of lap may be used. The to-tal weight of the lap is 35 pounds andat the finisher picker receiving about42 beats of the beater for every inchfeed. The method of findingthe beats per minute is to multi-ply the… … lated through the gears on the pick-er in the usual manner). Multiply rev-olutions per minute of beater by 2 (or ence of the feed roll. For example,suppose that the beater made 197.5revolutions per minute and was a 2- A COTTON FABRICS GLOSSARY 383 bladed beater; then 197.5 times 2equals 395 divided…

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