Recent cotton mill construction and engineering (1894)
Nasmith, Joseph · London : J. Heywood · leaf 12
tookplace in their construction by reason of the work ofRoberts, Whitworth, and Nasmyth. The result wasthat machines were more perfectly constructed,the use of iron being largely extended. The twoforces of greater skill on the part of the operative andimproved constructional methods acted and… … f^ 10 of cast-iron beams, which gave an impetus to thebuilding of the so-called fireproof mill. Fairbairnhimself built a large number of mills on thisprinciple, but one or two failures occurred, whichprevented the principle from spreading. Generallyspeaking, the English mills of what may be…
Textile factories -- Design and construction · Cotton manufacture · Cotton machinery
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