A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850Clarendon Press, 1958 |
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... comb ( C ) , and so to working comb ( D ) . From there it is pulled through the rollers E and F into the can below . ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) Platt and Collier's , 1827. The machine consists of two circles of combs ( A ) . Wool is fed on to one ...
... comb ( C ) , and so to working comb ( D ) . From there it is pulled through the rollers E and F into the can below . ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) Platt and Collier's , 1827. The machine consists of two circles of combs ( A ) . Wool is fed on to one ...
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... combs began their revolution when they were only just touching each other , and were brought closer until half the wool from the first comb was transferred to the second . Then drawing - rollers , placed on each side , were brought into ...
... combs began their revolution when they were only just touching each other , and were brought closer until half the wool from the first comb was transferred to the second . Then drawing - rollers , placed on each side , were brought into ...
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... comb to a nip placed at the top of a crank which carried it to a porter - comb , and this again fed it to a circular revolving comb . Brushes placed above both the gill and the circular combs descended to force the wool into the teeth ...
... comb to a nip placed at the top of a crank which carried it to a porter - comb , and this again fed it to a circular revolving comb . Brushes placed above both the gill and the circular combs descended to force the wool into the teeth ...
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GLASS by L M ANGUSBUTTERWORTH Director The Newton Heath Glass | 12 |
TELEGRAPHY by G R M GARRATT Deputy Keeper Department of Electrical | 22 |
FISH PRESERVATION by C L CUTTING Officer in Charge Humber | 44 |
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