A London encyclopaedia, or universal dictionary of science, art, literature and practical mechanics : comprising a popular view of the present state of knowledge : illustrated by numerous engravings, a general atlas, and appropriate diagrams (1829)
Curtis, Thomas, fl. 1820 · London : Thomas Tegg · leaf 596
sented in the accompanyingdiagram, AAAAAA the horizontal bars, B theaxis, and C the bobbin from the water-frame.The dotted lines represent the direction of thetwist. These reels are of a sufficient breadth towind off about fifty cops or bobbins, at the sametime. V\ hen the reel has made eighty… … upon the same reel constitute a hank, which istaken from the reel by causing one of the hori-zontal bars, supplied with a hinge, to fall in-wards. - The circumference of the reel is a yardand a half, consequently the hank measures 840yards. The size of the twist is expressed bystating how many…
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