Ireland. Dept. of Agriculture and Technical Instruction, Coyne, William P · Dublin [etc.] : Browne and Nolan, limited · leaf 500
in vogue in parts ofBrittany, Italy, etc., and can be carried on whilst the spinner is walkingabout and minding other business. The next step in advance was to separate the whorl from the spindle andto fix the latter horizontally in certain bearings so that it should not have tobe supported by its… … Treadle Wheel, and Spindle with Whorl. spindle by means of a continuous band or cord, and set in motion by thehand. The whole arrangement is set up on a sort of wooden bench.Examples of this large spinning wheel, which is the next step in evolu-tion to the spindle and whorl, may frequently be seen…
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