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 29
COTTON OPENING. IS from all other vegetable fibres, each fibre being an independenttwisted thread, so close that the twist cannot be seen except by theaid of a microscope. This property gives to the fibre great ad-hesiveness, rendering it capable of a tenuity far beyond any otherfibre. The fibre is… … Fig. 6.—Scutcher Lap Machine. less by the machinery through which it passes in its manufacture,and frequently causes trouble in carding. When the air is dry, it isfull of electricity, attracting the cotton fibres in all directions—drawings roll up, rovings will not draw properly nor twist smooth…
Cotton manufacture
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