Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, a volume of original, historic and descriptive writings showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress (1901)
Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, A. J. Holman & co · leaf 144
rames of to-day pour forth their hourly product in miles of spun fibre,where the wheels of our grandmothers were taxed to the utmost to producea very small fraction of the amount. To appreciate the wonderful change,pause beside the domestic wheel used within the memory of the living, andcompare its… … HAND COMB OP THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. fibres iii the massed cotton or wool, as delivered to the manufacturer, mustbe opened, untangled, straightened out, and laid parallel by a series of pre-paring machines prior to being spun, among which the carding engine ranksfirst. In the incipient form, this…
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