Shelter and clothing; a textbook of the household arts (1913)
Kinne, Helen, 1861-1917, Cooley, Anna M. (Anna Maria), b. 1874, Woolman, Mary S. fmo, Helen Judy Bond Collection. fmo · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 157
is called theline and the short combed out fibers the tow. When hackledby machinery the first step is called roughing. The bundles 136 SHELTER AND CLOTHING of flax are fastened in a holder of two iron plates. By amotion of these plates up and down the line of flax is sub-jected to a combing process… … Fig. 54. CouTiesv of York St. Mills, Belfast.- Spreading flax in preparation for spinning. spreading. The spread boards deliver the flax, on a travel-ing sheet where it is laid by hand in small bundles, to the gill, a set of teeth in the machine which again clean itand form it into a sliver similar…
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