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 97
(each 840 yardsin length = 560 threads 7 leas, the circumference of the reel being54 inches or one thread), when finished, were doffed by lifting oneend of the swift out of its bearings, and passing them over the end,thus involving loss of time and causing oil stains. To obviate this,the wheel… … 84 COTTON iSrANUFACTURE. carries two standards—the Ixack one supporting the reel swift, whenin its working position. When the doffing takes place, the swift is closed and the hanks aregathered to the end and placed in a recess, when, by a slight push,the end of the swift shaft is shifted to the…
Cotton manufacture
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