How to build, equip and operate a cotton mill in the United States (1913)
Frank P. Bennett & Co · Boston, New York [etc.] F. P. Bennett & company, inc · leaf 255
vers can be run in at the back andstill have a short draft. The reasonfor this should easily be seen by per-sons not acquainted with combingeiiuipment, because on a railway head ife wound on a wooden roll, and a lap isformed. The polished plate over whichthe sheet passes has adjustablesides, and… … Fig. 10. Sliver Lap Machine. the eight slivers have to be drawn sothat the delivered sliver will not ex-ceed the weight per yard of one of theeight slivers running at the back,while on a sliver lap machine theweight per yard of the strand deliveredin some cases exceeds 300 grains. No. 43. XLIV.…
Cotton manufacture · Textile factories
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