Cotton manufacture: a manual of practical instruction in the processes of opening, carding, combing, drawing, doubling, and spinning of cotton, and the methods of dyeing and preparing goods for the market (1894)
Lister, John, 1920- · London, C. Lockwood · leaf 106
cent. This process, like all others in cotton manufacturing, has been thesubject of many patented improvements, too numerous to be men-tioned here, but it may be said to consist, simply, of winding with aseries of gas jets, through which the threads are passed several times,with a velocity in… … WINDING AND REELING. 93 lump occurs in the thread, so as to prevent the flame from burningthe thread. The gas flame is, by this means, turned quickly on oneside, until the defect is repaired. Several upright tubes are con-nected by joints with a small stop tap screwed into two main gas-pipes, which…
Cotton manufacture
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