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 70
vertical frame carried the threads given outfrom the rollers down to the flyers on the spindles in the lower partof the frame. On the spindles were bobbins with end whorls fordragging, the spindles extending below into thick whorls fitted toreceive the driving belt. The whole power of the frame… … Fig. 127.—Arkwrights Water Frame 46 SPINNING driven from a small drum, the cords from the drum passing roundthe whorls on the flanged bobbins; but Arkwright himself is notexplicit, and some authors assert that the cords round the bobbinswere for regulation and retardation only. Arkwright, it is…
Textile industry · Textile fabrics
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