Yarn and cloth making; an economic study; a college and normal schools text preliminary to fabric study, and a reference for teachers of industrial history and art in secondary and elementary schools (1918)
Kissell, Mary Lois · New York, The Macmillian company · leaf 86
Reproduced by permission from Hoopers Hand LoomWeaving, Macmlllan, U.S.A., and John Hogg, London. Fig. 12. — Spinning Cotton on Saxony Wheel This treadle wheel, worked by foot power, frees both hands to draft therove or carding of cotton. The spindle simultaneously twists andwinds. SPINNING TYPES 45 … Fig. 13. — Spinning Flax on Saxony Wheel The flax is drawn from the distaff and drafted before passing it on to thespindle for twisting and winding. 46 YARN AND CLOTH MAKING I. Standard supporting spindle, distaff, drive wheelwith attached treadle for driving wheel. (Ex-ception : the Picardy wheel…
Textile industry · Spinning · Weaving
Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
