Memoirs of the most eminent American mechanics : also, lives of distinguished European mechanics : together with a collection of anecdotes ... relating to the mechanic arts : illustrated by fifty engravings (1852)
Howe, Henry, 1816-1893, New York Museum of Science and Industry. Library · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 382
INDIAN SPINNING-WHEEL. The finer yarn is spun with a metallic spindle, sometimes withand sometimes without a distaff; a bit of clay is attached as a … HINDOOS WEAVING. DESCRIPTIONS, ETC. 375 weight to one end of the spindle, which is turned round with theleft hand while the cotton is supplied with the right; the threadis wound up on a small piece of wood. The spinster keeps herfingers dry by the use of a chalky powder. In this simple waythe…
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