aroundfaster than the spool-shaped bobbin andserves several purposes: The turning ofthe flyer, which is more rapid than that ofthe bobbin, twists the thread, and winds iton the bobbin, and the worker by movingthe thread from one of the flyer teeth to theother can cause the thread to be woundevenly… … Fig. 14. The Saxony wheel. with the right she feeds the spindle with acontinuous strand, while with her foot shekeeps the wheel going. This makes spinninga continuous, instead of an intermittentmotion, for the drawing, the twisting andthe winding are all done at once. By this Saxony wheel, the…
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