American Woolen Company · Boston, Mass., American woolen co · leaf 19
aight-ening of the fibres; and the wool is de-livered in soft strands, which are takenoff by the doffer comb and wound upona wooden roll into the shape of a large ball,known as a card-ball or card-sliver, orput into a revolving can. The sliverfrom a number of these balls or cans is nowtaken and put… … FROM WOOL TO CLOTH where is made a large ball, ready for thecombing. It takes eighteen of these ballsto make a set or fill up the comb. By means of the comb the fibre is stillfurther straightened out, the short stockand noil, or nibs, are removed, and whenthe sliver comes from the combs most ofthe…
Woolen and worsted manufacture
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