History of the cotton manufacture in Great Britain : with a notice of its early history in the East, and in all the quarters of the globe : a description of the great mechanical inventions, which have caused its unexampled extension in Britain, and a view of the present state of the manufacture and the condition of the classes engaged in its several departments (1835)
Baines, Edward, Sir, 1800-1890 · London : H. Fisher, R. Fisher, and P. Jackson · leaf 247
ceiving the full comple-ment of twist; and the instant it stopped, the boy or girl, withoutputting their hand to the fly-wheel, just turned the guide or fallerwith the hand, which instantly set in motion the spindles, and tookin the carriage—the cop being shaped by an inclined plane, orother… … THMOSTIjE. mule, THE COTTON MANUFACTURE. 207 two of such; but the size of the mules rapidly increased to 300spindles and upwards, and two such wheels being considered asufficient task for a man to manage, the idea of saving by spinningwith boys and girls was thus superseded. * * * * I am, dear sir,…
Cotton manufacture
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