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From wool to cloth (1904)

Shaw, Joseph T. [from old catalog] · [Providence, R. I., Printed by Livermore & Knight co. · leaf 33

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ibres. There is alsoemployed a machine called the burr picker,whose name implies its use. The wool is Pickingthen ready for the picker which prepares mS?ediocks^ r i ^^^ mixing the It for the carding process. If the wool ^^°<=-is to be blended with other stock it is laidupon the floor near the… … Mule Spinningat the Assabet feed which weighs it and spreads it on thefeeding apron from-^which it passes througha series of cylinders covered with wire cloth-ing, in connection with which there aresmaller cylinders performing similar workcalled workers, fancies, strippers, doffers, etc.This…

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