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 174
nd to end 4^ miles 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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