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 91
ts and histask fitted one anotherexactly. He was not a spinner; his work was to supersede the skilledspinner by an automatic machine. Hence the clockwork character ofhis mule headstock; hence also thefact that there are now very few skilledhand-spinners in Lancashire. Robertss Devices.—First, the… … Fig. 132.—Section of Improved MuleA, Carriage, b, Roller-beam, c, Drum, d, Inclined plane or shaper. E, Guide pulley. F, Counter faller. EVOLUTION OF SPINNING MACHINERY 65 nect the faller and counter-faller wires with the general mechanismof the frame. On the faller he fixed compound levers…
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