Barker, A. F. (Aldred Farrer), b. 1868, Gardner, Walter M. (Walter Myers), 1861-1939, Snow, R, Cook, W. H. (William Hall), Bradbury, F. (Fred) · New York : D. Van Nostrand Co. · leaf 110
THE PEINCIPLES OF SPINNING 95 necessary to work to the shortest fibre, breaking all the longer fibres, thus consuming power and destroying the quality of length so often required in worsted yarns. An economical question is involved in the speed at which … Fig. 13. — ^Arkwright's Water-frame. drafting rollers can be run. Alone, i.e., without any spindle attachment to twist and wind up the sliver drafted, the limit would depend in part on the nature of the fibre. Cotton, for example, can be drafted quickly when the fibres are once started sliding upon…
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