The story of textiles; a bird's-eye view of the history of the beginning and the growth of the industry by which mankind is clothed (1912)
Walton, Perry, 1865-1941 · Boston, Mass., J. S. Lawrence · leaf 210
ention of the fly shuttle,was but 1,545,472 pounds, and the value of the cottongoods exported was 13,524 pounds; while in 1800, thirteenyears after the invention of Cartwrights loom and Wattssteam-engine, the cotton imported was 56,010,732 pounds,and the exports were 5,406,501 pounds. The value of… … IMPROVED JENNY {According to Guest) The wheel A turns the cyHnder B by a band CC. The spindles areturned by strings from the cylinder B. The rovings are placed on theframe E and pass through the clove F to the spindles. The clove movesin the groove GG. When the clove is close to the spindles at H,…
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