Shaw, Joseph T. [from old catalog] · [Providence, R. I., Printed by Livermore & Knight co. · leaf 29
der is card- Carding rr^x 1 • r 1 • 1 J Straightening ing. The wool is red mto the cards the fibres,automatically and passed between leatherclothed cylinders, revolving in opposite direc-tions, from which project the ends of manysmall wires. These straighten the fibresand deliver the wool in soft… … Combing at theRiverside Mills run into one and drawn out into smaller compass through gilling machines. In this process the wool is drawn by rollers between bars filled with pins — called fallers —which, moving slower than the wool, comb and draw out the sliver, further straightening the fibres and…
American woolen company · Woolen and worsted manufacture
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