Tops, a new American industry; a study in the development of the American worsted manufacture. The Arlington mills (1898)
Arlington Mills · Cambridge, Printed at the Riverside press · leaf 176
ft., or floor Area covered, by cards . -< ^ ( space over 70 ft. sq.Weight of cards .... 875 lbs.Ends of warp per inch .... 117 Total ends of warp .... 3,850 Picks per inch, white yarn . . . 120 Picks per inch, colored yarn . . 120 Total picks per inch ... . 240 Speed of loom, picks per minute .… … to weave the two pictures was one hour and one columbus SIGHTING quarter. America The silk yarn used in each picture, if extended ina straight line, would measure 10,814 feet, or a littleover two miles.
Woolen and worsted manufacture
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