Journal of the Franklin Institute; devoted to science and the mechanic arts (1826)
Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) · Oxford, Eng. [etc.] Pergamon Press [etc.] · leaf 350
ing pulley was first brought out for the purpose of giv-ing the varying motion to the bobbins in flax and tow roving frames,to which it is applicable with great advantages, from the accuracy ofits action and the small space which it occupies. By its use a verysimple and correctly working machine is… … 344 Mechanics, Physics, and Chemistry. 1 lea (or 300 yards) to the lb. The bobbin is filled with flax rove of40 leas (or 12,000 yards) to the fib. On the machines on which this bobbin and cop were filled only oneexpander is used, and the band is kept at the necessary tension eitherby making the…
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