Cyclopedia of textile work : a general reference library on cotton, woolen and worsted yarn manufacture, weaving, designing, chemistry and dyeing, finishing, knitting, and allied subjects (1911)
American School (Lansing, Ill.) · Chicago : American school of correspondence · leaf 259
e operations the first consisting of two six-spindle gillboxes. At each of these gill boxes four ends are doubled into one so thereare twenty-four tops at the back. The draft at this box is 6.6, thediameter of the front roll is 2 inches, and it runs at a speed of 60 revolu-tions per minute. The… … WOOLEN AND WORSTED SPINNING 205 or 2850 pounds per box, which gives a total for the two boxes of 5700pounds per week. Each bobbin will contain 10 pounds of sliver. Thirty-two of these bobbins are taken to what is really the firstoperation in the French drawing, namely, the first drawing frame,and…
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