A cotton manual for manufacturers and students (1905)
Broadbent, James Thomas, 1875- [from old catalog] · Boston, Mass., Lord & Nagle co. · leaf 84
This isdone with a view to mixing more thoroughlyand reducing the labor cost. The machine used to assist in forming amixing is known as a Bale-Breaker, or as issometimes called a cotton puller on accountof its action upon the cotton resembling COTTON MANUAL 81 greatly the operation of tearing the… … mits the different varieties to amalgamatemore thoroughly and the cotton laying in amore loose condition dries out to greater ad-vantage, thus giving a more even running 82 COTTON MANUAL thread when passing through the mill (i. e.,other conditions being favorable). Bale Breakers. The bale breaker…
Cotton manufacture
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