The useful arts and manufactures of Great Britain (1861)
Tomlinson, Charles, 1808-1897, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain). Committee of General Literature and Education · London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge · leaf 186
38 ARTS AND MANUFACTURES. apron at the smaller end, is conveyed into the case^ ■where it is seized by the spikes, torn, disentangled, and cleansed, the heavier impurities falling through the perforated bottom of the machine ; then, bv the gradually increasing centrifugal force, the wool is … impelled forward to the large end, where it is thrown into a chamber and conveyed, upon another travelling apron, out of the machine. Over this apron is a cylindrical wire or squirrel cage connected with a revolving fan, which draws the dust out of the cham- ber, through a chimney or pipe, while…
Textile printing · Textile industry · Textile fabrics
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