The textile industries : a practical guide to fibres, yarns & fabrics in every branch of textile manufacture, including preparation of fibres, spinning, doubling, designing, weaving, bleaching, printing, dyeing and finishing (1910)
Murphy, William S · London : The Gresham Publishing Company · leaf 150
up with benchesand scutching tools. Usuallythe benches are small com-partments with an opening ineach, from the bottom of whichprojects an iron rail. Parallelwith the row of benches a shaftis hung, and driven by powerfrom the engine. On the shaft, exactly opposite each bench division,is a wiper… … Fig. 22.—Wiper Wheel 104 TEXTILE FIBRES fibres; he pushes the bunch farther and farther in, as the fibres becomemore flexible and clean under the beaters, until over half the lengthof the stems has been scutched; then he turns the root end in, andrepeats the process. The fibre has been roughly…
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