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 134
er, that its action more nearly ap-proaches the deftness of the human hand thanthat of any other machine ever invented. Mr.Burnley, in his History of Wool and WoolCombing, has drawn so graphic a picture of awool-combing room that we are tempted to quoteit. Here, says Mr. Burnley, are rows uponrows… … more than human dexterity with which it han- mechanical J . ADVANCE dies the fibre, all combine to excite admiration, of the WORSTED All that is required of the attendants is to see MureFA°~that the combs are kept strictly clean and clear,and that no obstruction is permitted to inter-fere with the…
Woolen and worsted manufacture
Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
