GENERAL INDEX.
Reading edition
A
Par. Page.
Acceleration of winding velocity in mule 330 211
Action of building motion in roving machines 252 168
Action of building ratchet wheel in roving machines 257 171
Action of combing machine 198 126
Action of copping mechanism 322 205
Action of mule at end of draw 289 189
Action of fallers in mule 303 194
Action of plate wheel in roving machines 244 162
Action of rollers of mule 267 177
Advantages of rotation of backing-off wheel 296 190
Air current, conveyance of cotton by 63 32
Air current, effect of passages on 79 41
Air current in scutchers, velocity of 78 40
American cotton 21 13
Amount of lift in roving machines 233 154
Angularity of brackets in ring frames 370 240
Angularity of thread in mules 360 229
Asa Lees and Company’s rope driving for ring frames 383 254
Asa Lees and Company’s rope driving for scutchers 92 48
Ashworth Brothers’ cylinder setting 129 75
Ashworth Brothers’ cylinder driving 149 85
Ashworth Brothers’ revolving flat carding machine 129 75
Attachment of cards to cylinders and doffers 164 96
Attachment of cards to flats by rivets 166 101
Attachment of cards to flats by sewing 166 101
Attachment of cards to flats by clips 166 101
Attachment of carriage end frame bands 284 187
Attachment of pressers 228 148
Attachment of roving to mule spindles 267 177
B
Back shaft connection with scroll shaft 315 202
Back shaft connection of quadrant with 327 209
Back shaft clutch, shape of teeth 284 187
Back shaft clutch, disengagement of 293 190
Back shaft, driving of 284 184
Back shaft, driving of, ordinary method 351 221
Back shaft, position of scrolls 284 187
Backing-off chain, tightening motion 307 198
Backing-off clutch, engagement of 299 193
Backing-off clutch, release of 312 200
Backing-off, compression of spring 300 193
Backing-off, constant rotation of wheel 296 190
Backing-off, driving of wheel 282 194
Backing-off, effect of driving wheel 282 184
Backing-off lever, release of 301 194
Backing-off, operation of 270 177
Backing-off, holding out catch during 310 200
Backing-off, parts at end of 311 200
Bale breaker 28 17
Bale breaker, construction of rollers 33 19
Bale breaker, Dobson and Barlow’s 34 19
Bale breaker, draught of 30 18
Baling of cotton 27 16
Balling machines 404 281
Bands, check 315 202
Bands, tension of spindle 280 183
Bands, mule end frame 284 187
Bands, course of rim 281 183
Beaters, balancing scutcher 68 36
Beaters, blow of 69 37
Beaters, construction of scutcher 68 36
Beaters, space between grid and arms of 59 31
Beaters, pulsations of 70 37
Beaters, two and three winged 69 36
Beaters, velocity of opener 55 30
Beaters, velocity of Lord’s opener 58 31
Beaters, velocity of scutcher 69 36
Bearings, Higgins’ roving spindle 230 152
Belts, main driving speeds 13 10
Bend, Mason’s concentric 113 60
Bend, Dobson and Barlow’s 125 69
Bend, easy adjustment of flexible 134 78
Bend, Hetherington’s setting of 121 66
Bend, Hetherington’s trueing of 121 66
Bend, Howard and Bullough’s 127 70
Bend, Knowles’ 128 73
Bend, Legh’s flexible 119 65
Bend, Platt’s flexible 122 67
Bend, Platt’s inspection of setting of 137 79
Bend, position of flexible 120 66
Bend, setting brackets for 113 60
Bend, setting flexible 119 65
Bend, theory of flexible 118 64
Bobbins, coated 414291
Bobbins, doubling and throstle 413291
Bobbins, driving roving 232153
Bobbins, lead, reasons for 237156
Bobbins, lift of 233154
Bobbins and flyer leads 240158
Bobbins, principle of driving roving 239157
Bobbins, retardation of roving 238157
Bobbins, ring frame 413288
Bobbins, roving 412287
Bobbins, Sidebotham’s patent 413291
Brazilian cotton 2013
Brooks’ adjustment of flats in card 13177
Brooks’ drawing machine 208137
Brooks’ ring spinning machine 367234
Brooks’ revolving flat card 13076
Brooks’ slow motion for card 174107
Building motion, action of 252168
Building motion, construction of 251167
Building motion, objects of 250166
Building motion, reversal of lift by 254171
Building motion, roving frame 250166
Bundling press 396267
C
Cages, Crighton’s construction of 7639
Cages, position of 6735
Calender rollers of carding engines 10955
Calculation of counts 387257
Calculation of hank roving 387257
Cam shaft, effect of first half turn of 292190
Cam shaft, effect of second half turn of 345218
Cam shaft, ordinary position of 350220
Cam shaft, position of cams on 291189
Cans, arrangement in drawing machine 215143
Cans, Bridge’s corrugated 405282
Cans, Platt’s full stop motion 221145
Cans, position in coiler 11055
Cans, sliver 405282
Carding, importance of 190119
Card clothing, attachment to flats by rivets 166101
Card clothing, attachment to flats by sewing 166101
Card clothing, attachment to flats by clips 166101
Card clothing, attachment to flats by Platt’s clip 169105
Card clothing, construction of foundation 15491
Card clothing, counts of wire 15692
Card clothing, counts used 15793
Card clothing, defects of side grinding 15994
Card clothing, deflection of flats 167102
Card clothing, desirability of light grinding 16395
Card clothing, improved side grinding 16295
Card clothing, machine for winding fillets 16596
Card clothing, manufacture of fillets 15591
Card clothing, mode of attaching fillets 16496
Card clothing, Platt’s fastener for 169105
Card clothing, preparation before fixing 16496
Card clothing, principles of setting 15893
Card clothing, setting teeth 15692
Card clothing, shape of teeth 15994
Card clothing, side grinding of teeth 15994
Card clothing, striation of teeth 16194
Card clothing, teeth of licker-in 15793
Card clothing, Tweedale’s clip for 168102
Card grinding, best speed of cylinder 170105
Card grinding, Brooks’ slow motion for 174107
Card grinding, construction of brackets 178110
Card grinding, Dronsfield’s emery fillets 176109
Card grinding, Edge’s flat apparatus 182113
Card grinding, Hetherington’s flat apparatus 181112
Card grinding, Hetherington’s slow motion 172106
Card grinding, Higginson’s flat apparatus 183114
Card grinding, Horsfall roller 177109
Card grinding, Knowles’ and Tatham’s flat apparatus 180111
Card grinding, Knowles’ slow motion 175108
Card grinding, machine for rollers 186117
Card grinding, machine for Wellman flats 187118
Card grinding, Platt’s flat apparatus 184116
Card grinding, principles of flat 179110
Card grinding, rollers used in 176108
Card grinding, Sykes’ slow motion 171105
Carding machine, action of cylinder 15186
Carding machine, action of licker-in 15085
Carding machine, Ashworth’s 12974
Carding machine, Ashworth’s cylinder setting 12974
Carding machine, Ashworth’s driving 14985
Carding machine, Ashworth’s setting of pedestals 14885
Carding machine, attenuation of fleece 15286
Carding machine, Brook’s 13076
Carding machine, Brook’s adjustment of flats 13177
Carding machine, condition of fibres 15388
Carding machine, construction of bend 11360
Carding machine, construction of calender rolls 10955
Carding machine, construction of coiler 11055
Carding machine, construction of cylinder 10754
Carding machine, construction of dish feed 14381
Carding machine, construction of doffer 10854
Carding machine, construction of doffer comb 10854
Carding machine, construction of licker-in 10654
Carding machine, construction of pedestals 14784
Carding machine, construction of setting brackets 11360
Carding machine, construction theory of bend 11864
Carding machine, character of working settings 13378
Carding machine, development of 10453
Carding machine, Dobson and Barlow’s 12569
Carding machine, Dobson and Barlow’s covers for 14582
Carding machine, Dobson and Barlow’s pedestal setting 14885
Carding machine, driving of parts of 14684
Carding machine, driving of rollers 11360
Carding machine, ease of flexible bend adjustment 13478
Carding machine, effect of licker-in 14382
Carding machine, feeding laps 10553
Carding machine, Hetherington’s setting of bend 12166
Carding machine, Hetherington’s trueing apparatus 12166
Carding machine, Howard and Bullough’s 12770
Carding machine, Howard and Bullough’s pedestal setting 14885
Carding machine, inclination of teeth on rollers 11256
Carding machine, Knowles’s 12873
Carding machine, Leigh’s flexible bend 11965
Carding machine, method of setting flats 13277
Carding machine, movement of cylinder centre 13579
Carding machine, object of 10353
Carding machine, Platt’s bend setting 12267
Carding machine, Platt’s inspection of setting 13779
Carding machine, position of chain attachment 12368
Carding machine, position of flexible bend 12064
Carding machine, position of mote knives 14482
Carding machine, position of under casings 14482
Carding machine, removal of neps and short fibre 15085
Carding machine, revolving flat 11561
Carding machine, revolving, adjusting heel of flats 11762
Carding machine, revolving, construction of flats 11661
Carding machine, revolving, mode of shaping flats 11661
Carding machine, revolving, number of flats 11561
Carding machine, revolving, testing flats 11762
Carding machine, roller and clearer 11156
Carding machine, roller dirt stripper 11156
Carding machine, setting flexible bend 11965
Carding machine, setting licker-in and doffer 13679
Carding machine, ultimate draught 15286
Carding machine, velocity of cylinder 10754
Carding machine, velocity of doffer 10854
Carding machine, velocity of doffer comb 10854
Carding machine, velocity of rollers 11256
Carding machine, velocity of Wellman 14181
Carding machine, Wellman 13879
Carding machine, Wellman, Dobson, and Barlow’s 13980
Carding machine, Wellman, effect of setting of flats 14181
Carding machine, Wellman, future of 14281
Carding machine, Wellman, principles of 13879
Carding machine, Wellman, setting flats of 14081
Card stripping, importance of 188118
Card stripping, method of 189119
Card stripping, reasons for 188118
Capital employed in spinning 35
Carriage of mule, connection with square 278183
Carriage of mule, construction of 278183
Carriage of mule, gain of 288189
Carriage of mule, improved slips for 360229
Carriage of mule, reciprocal motion of 269177
Chain attachment to flats 12368
Chain, backing-off tightening 307198
Chain, winding 331212
Chain, winding tightening motion 333213
Cleanliness, importance of 1611
Clearers for drawing frames 212142
Clearers, Dobson and Barlow’s 212142
Clearers, Ermen’s revolving 212142
Clearers, roving frames 226148
Clearers, rollers of carding engines 11256
Click motion 341217
Click motion, defects of old 342217
Click motion, holding out rod and 343217
Coiler, construction of 11056
Collars, Mason’s long 229152
Combined opening machines, Dobson and Barlow’s 4725
Combined opening machines, Platt’s 5228
Combined opening machines, Lord’s 5831
Combined mixing, opening, and scutching 6332
Combined opening and scutching 9348
Combing machine, action of 198126
Combing machine, combing cylinder 196125
Combing machine, detaching mechanism 197126
Combing machine, Dobson and Barlow’s 202130
Combing machine, Imbs’ 205135
Combing machine, nippers of, Dobson & Barlow’s 203134
Combing machine, nipper guard 201130
Combing machine, preparation of sliver for 192120
Combing machine, Pinel, Lecœur, & Hetherington’s 205135
Combing machine, speed of 200129
Combing machine, waste from 206136
Comparative spindle speeds 98
Condenser, Theisen’s patent 119
Cones, Asa Lees’ driving for 9248
Cones, Platt’s driving for 8745
Cones, roving frame 242158
Cones, scutching machine velocity 8342
Cones, shape of 249166
Cones, speed 249166
Construction of combing cylinder 196125
Construction of drawing machine 208137
Construction of roving frames 226147
Constructive methods, early 77
Constructive methods, modern 87
Cops, chase of 317203
Cops, form of 316202
Cops, layers of yarn in 317203
Cops, paper tubes for 316202
Cops, winding traverse in building 317203
Copping motion, action of 322205
Copping motion, loose copping rail 321205
Copping motion, object of rail 308199
Copping motion, theory of 319203
Copping motion, traverse of plates 320204
Cotton, American 2113
Cotton, Brazilian 2013
Cotton, cleaning of 3923
Cotton, commercial qualities 2314
Cotton, Egyptian 1913
Cotton gin 2415
Cotton, Indian 2213
Cotton, mixing 3621
Cotton, Sea Island 1813
Cotton fibre, structure of 1712
Cotton fibre, strength of 1712
Cotton mill, cost of 67
Cotton, pneumatic conveyance of 6332
Cotton spinning industry 35
Counts of yarn, definition of 387257
Counts of wire, how calculated 15692
Counts of wire commonly used 15793
Creel, roving machine 226147
Crighton opening machine 5329
Crighton opening, combined 6332
Crighton opening, double 6132
Crighton opening, distance of grids 5931
Crighton opening, lubrication of footsteps 5731
Crighton opening, position of fans 5429
Crighton opening, production of 6032
Crighton opening, shape of grids 5630
Curtis and Rhodes’ differential motion 247164
Curtis’ mule 358228
D
Dead plate in scutching machine 7539
Dead plate, effect of position of 8041
Dead plate, Platt’s arrangement of 8141
Dead plate, position of 7739
Definition of lead 237156
Deflection of flats 167102
Detaching mechanism of combers 197126
Development of carding machine 10453
Differential motion, action of plate wheel in 244162
Differential motion, Curtis and Rhodes’ 247164
Differential motion, mode of driving plate wheel 246163
Differential motion of roving machines 243161
Differential motion, relative velocity of plate wheel 246164
Differential motion, theory of 244162
Differential motion, Tweedale’s 248165
Dirt roller of carding engine 11156
Dobson and Barlow’s bale breaker 3419
Dobson and Barlow’s combing machine 202130
Dobson and Barlow’s covers for carding engines 14582
Dobson and Barlow’s detaching mechanism 202133
Dobson and Barlow’s governing motion 354225
Dobson and Barlow’s nosing motion 353223
Dobson and Barlow’s opening machine 4725
Dobson and Barlow’s revolving flat card 12569
Dobson and Barlow’s setting cylinders 14885
Dobson and Barlow’s under casings 14482
Dobson and Barlow’s Wellman machine 13980
Doffer, carding machine 10854
Doffer, velocity of 10854
Doffer comb 10854
Doffing motion for reels 394265
Double fans in opening machines 5228
Doubling of laps in scutchers 9752
Doubling machine 384284
Doubling winding machine, objects of 397271
Doubling winding machine, Stubbs’ 398271
Draught of bale breaker 3018
Draught of carding machine 15286
Draught in drawing machine 211141
Draught, effect of 211141
Draught of machines, definition 2918
Draught of scutching machine 9852
Draught of scutching where occurring 10152
Drawing machine, arrangement of sliver cans 215143
Drawing machine, Brooks’ stop motion 219144
Drawing machine, centres of rollers 210141
Drawing machine, clearers for 212142
Drawing machine, construction of 208137
Drawing machine, deliveries of 208137
Drawing machine, Dobson and Barlow’s, clearer for 212142
Drawing machine, draughts in 211141
Drawing machine, driving rollers of 209138
Drawing machine, doubling of slivers in 215143
Drawing machine, effect of doubling in 216143
Drawing machine, effect of staple 210141
Drawing machine, Ermen’s revolving clearer 212142
Drawing machine, essential features in 214142
Drawing machine, Howard and Bullough’s electric stop motion 223145
Drawing machine, Leigh’s loose boss rollers 208138
Drawing machine, number of doublings 216143
Drawing machine, number of doublings permissible 217144
Drawing machine, objects of 207137
Drawing machine, Platt’s full can stop motion 221145
Drawing machine, reasons for stop motion 219144
Drawing machine, rollers for 208138
Drawing machine, roller laps 212142
Drawing machine, roller relieving motion 213142
Drawing machine, size of rollers 224146
Drawing machine, slubs 212142
Drawing machine, velocity of rollers 209138
Drawing machine, velocity of rollers 224146
Driving, Ashworth’s, of carding machine 14984
Driving belts, speed of 1310
Driving bobbins of roving machine 232153
Driving carding engines 14684
Driving rollers and clearers 11360
Driving rollers of roving machine 231152
Driving ropes, size and speed of 1410
Driving, spindles of roving machine 231152
Dronsfield’s emery fillets 176109
Dronsfield’s roller covering machine 409284
Dub’s governing motion 356226
Duplex driving of mules 287188
Dust trunks, construction of 6432
Dust trunks, Platt Brothers 6533
Dust trunks, position of 6432
Dust trunks, use of 6332
E
Early inventions 15
Edge’s flat grinding apparatus 182131
Egyptian cotton 1913
Elephant opener 2816
Engines, steam, types of 118
Ermen’s revolving clearer 212142
Essential features of drawing frames 214142
Extent of machine making trade 35
F
Fans in opening machine 5228
Feed motion dish for carding engine 10654
Feed motion dish for carding engine 14381
Feed motion, Lord’s piano 8242
Feed motion, cones in scutching 8443
Feed motion, velocity of cones in scutching 8342
Feed rollers, draught of 9852
Feed rollers, drawing action of 8544
Feed rollers, scutcher 85 44
Feeding carding machines 10553
Feeding scutching machines from laps 9551
Fibres, position in fleece 15388
Fillets attaching to cylinders 16496
Fillets attaching to flats 166101
Fillets, Dronsfield’s emery 176109
Fillets, foundation for card 15491
Fillets, manufacture of card 15591
Fillets, Platt’s fastener for 169105
Fillets, preparation of 16496
Fillets, setting teeth in 15692
Fillets, Tweedale’s clip for card 168102
Fillets, winding on 16596
Fillets, Whiteley’s clip for card 166101
Flats, adjustment of heel in 11762
Flats, attaching chain to 12368
Flats, attaching clothing to 166101
Flats, Brooks’ adjustment of 13177
Flats, character of working setting 13378
Flats, construction of 11661
Flats, deflection of 167102
Flats, Edge’s grinding apparatus for 182113
Flats, Hetherington’s grinding apparatus for 181112
Flats, Higginson’s grinding apparatus for 183114
Flats, Knowles’ grinding apparatus for 180111
Flats, number of 11561
Flats, Platt’s grinding apparatus 184116
Flats, Platt’s inspecting device for 13779
Flats, shaping 11661
Flats, setting 13277
Flats, setting, Wellman 14080
Flats, testing heel of 11762
Flyers, attachment of pressers to 228148
Flyers, construction of roving 227148
Flyers, lead of 240158
Flyers, retardation of 240157
G
Gassing machine 399272
Gauge of spindles in roving machines 227148
Gin, cotton 2415
Gin, Macarthy cotton 2515
Grids, Howard and Bullough’s air bars for 7438
Grids, pitch of projections on 6032
Grids, position in opening machine 5931
Grids, position in scutching machine 7237
Grids, shape of opening machine 5630
Grids, setting bars in 7338
Grinding, defects of side 16094
Grinding, desirability of light 16395
Grinding, Horsfall roller for 177109
Grinding, improved side 16295
Grinding, principles of flat 179110
Grinding, roller brackets for 178110
Grinding, roller 186117
Grinding, side 15994
Grinding, slow speed of cylinder during 170105
Grinding, striation of teeth 16194
Grinding, Wellman flat 187118
H
Hank, definition of 387257
Hank, roving calculation of 387257
Heating of mills 1511
Heilmann combing machine 195122
Hetherington’s flat-grinding apparatus 181112
Hetherington’s Heilmann comber 195122
Hetherington’s mule 352222
Hetherington’s production of mule . . . 233
Hetherington’s setting of flexible bend 12166
Hetherington’s slow motion 172106
Hetherington’s trueing apparatus for card 12166
Higgins’ spindle bearing 230152
Higginson’s flat grinding apparatus 183114
Holding-out catch 309199
Horsfall grinding roller 177109
Howard and Bullough’s air bars 7438
Howard and Bullough’s carding engine 12770
Howard and Bullough’s clip for fillets 168102
Howard and Bullough’s differential motion 248165
Howard and Bullough’s electric stop motion 223145
Howard and Bullough’s electric stop motion 263174
Howard and Bullough’s production of ring frame . . . 259
Howard and Bullough’s weft ring frame 382253
Humidity of mills 1510
I
Importance of cleanliness 1611
Importance of efficient carding 190119
Importance of stripping cards 188118
Imbs’ combing machine 205135
Inclination of carding roller teeth 11256
Inclination of spindle in mule 280183
Increase in production of machine 46
Indian cotton 2213
Indicators for mules 417292
Indicators for slubbing machines 417294
J
Jack frame 225147
Jack shaft 241158
Jacking 361231
K
Knowles’ revolving flat carding engine 12873
Knowles’ slow motion 175108
Knowles and Tatham’s grinding apparatus 180111
L
Lap attachment to scutching machine 6735
Lap, doubling of 9752
Lap, effect of licker-in on 14382
Lap, feeding on scutching machine 9551
Lap, feeding on carding engine 10553
Lap, selvedges of 9952
Lap, weight and hank of 10052
Leaf extractor, Crighton’s 7740
Leigh’s flexible bend 11965
Leigh’s loose boss top roller 208138
Licker-in, action of 15085
Licker-in, construction of 10654
Licker-in, setting of 13679
Licker-in, teeth of 15793
Lift of roving bobbins 233154
Lift, amount of 233154
Lift, reversal of 254171
Lift, ring rail 367236
Lift, shortening of roving frame 235155
Locking lever in mule 305196
Long collar, Mason’s 229152
Long lever in mule 290189
Lord Brothers’ opening machine 5831
Lord Brothers’ piano feed motion 8242
Lord Brothers’ scutching machine 6835
Lord Brothers’ velocity of opening beaters 5831
M
Machine making industry, employment in 35
Machinery, productive power of 46
Main driving of mills 129
Margin between yarn and cotton 56
Mason’s long collars 229152
Methods, earlier, of machine construction 25
Methods, earlier, of machine construction 77
Methods, modern, of machine construction 87
Mill, cost of 67
Mill, construction of modern 108
Mixing arrangements 3520
Mixing by machine 3721
Mixing, principles of 3621
Mixing, staples of cottons in 3822
Moisture in cotton 2716
Mote knives, position and setting 14482
Mule 264176
Mule, back shaft driving of 284184
Mule, back shaft clutch teeth of 284187
Mule, back shaft disengagement of clutch 293190
Mule, back shaft scrolls on 284187
Mule, backing-off, driving of wheel 282184
Mule, backing-off, effect of 282184
Mule, backing-off, engagement of clutch 299193
Mule, backing-off, operation of 270 177
Mule, backing-off, rotation of wheel 296190
Mule, backing-off, release of clutch 312200
Mule, backing-off, release of lever 301194
Mule, backing-off, compression of spring 300193
Mule, backing-off, tightening motion of chain 307198
Mule, bands attaching to end frames 284187
Mule, cam shaft effects, first half turn 292190
Mule, cam shaft effects, second half turn 345218
Mule, cam shaft, position of cams on 291189
Mule, cam shaft, position of ordinary 350220
Mule, click motion, description of 341217
Mule, click motion, defects of old 342217
Mule, click motion, holding out rod, and 343217
Mule carriage, angularity of yarn during traverse of 360229
Mule carriage, connection with square 278183
Mule carriage, construction of 278183
Mule carriage, extent of traverse of 269177
Mule carriage, gain of 288189
Mule carriage, reciprocal motion of 269177
Mule carriage, relation of rollers to 276180
Mule cop, chase of 317203
Mule cop, form of 316202
Mule cop, layers of yarn in 317203
Mule cop, paper tubes for 316202
Mule cop, position of nose of 306197
Mule copping motion, action of 322205
Mule copping motion, loose rail in 321205
Mule copping motion, object of rail 308199
Mule copping motion, theory of 319203
Mule copping motion, traverse of plates in 320204
Mule, Curtis’ 358228
Mule, driving arrangement of bands for 281183
Mule, driving, back shaft 284184
Mule, driving, dimensions of pulleys for 281183
Mule, driving, duplex 287188
Mule, driving, duplex, dimensions of pulleys for 287188
Mule, driving, gear of taking-in shaft 285187
Mule, driving, improved, for taking-in side shaft 286188
Mule, driving rollers from rim shaft 283184
Mule, driving scroll shaft 285187
Mule, driving spindles 280183
Mule fallers, action of 303194
Mule fallers, actuating mechanism of winding 305196
Mule fallers, construction and position of 303194
Mule fallers, difference in upward and downward traverse of 317203
Mule fallers, position of winding before unlocking 346218
Mule fallers, regulating mechanism of counter 304195
Mule fallers, regulation of unlocking winding 346219
Mule fallers, release of strain on rods 347219
Mule, fine yarn 361230
Mule governing, action of motion 338216
Mule governing, amount required 340216
Mule governing, construction of motion 337215
Mule governing, Dobson and Barlow’s motion 354225
Mule governing, Dub’s motion 356226
Mule governing, necessity for 336214
Mule governing, release of motion 339216
Mule, Hetherington’s 352222
Mule, holding out catch mechanism of 309199
Mule, holding out position during backing-off 310200
Mule, holding out catch release of 313201
Mule, holding out rod effect on click motion 343217
Mule, jacking motion 361231
Mule, long lever 290189
Mule, locking lever, position of 305196
Mule, locking point, relation to cop nose 306197
Mule, locking taking-in friction 309200
Mule, Mendoza lever 351221
Mule, Mendoza locking 352222
Mule nosing motion, Dobson and Hardman’s 353223
Mule nosing motion, Platt’s 333213
Mule nosing peg 332213
Mule, Platt’s reasons for selecting 275179
Mule, production of, 1835-1890 46
Mule production, tables of . . . 233
Mule, primary parts of 266176
Mule, regulation of releasing motions 314201
Mule rim shaft, driving bands on 281183
Mule rim shaft, driving back shaft from 284184
Mule rim shaft, driving rollers from 283184
Mule rim shaft, reversal of 302194
Mule rim shaft, velocity of 286188
Mule rollers, action of 267177
Mule rollers, construction of 277180
Mule rollers, driving of 283184
Mule rollers, disengagement of clutch 294190
Mule rollers, engagement of clutch 345218
Mule scroll, diameters of 315202
Mule scroll, connection with back shaft 315202
Mule scroll, driving of shaft 285187
Mule scroll, position of, on back shaft 284189
Mule scroll, position of check 315202
Mule scroll, revolution of shaft 315201
Mule spindles, attaching roving to 268177
Mule spindles, construction of 280183
Mule spindles, dimensions of 280183
Mule spindles, effect of taper of 324206
Mule spindles, fitting bands on 280183
Mule, number of spindles on 46
Mule, reversal of spindles 302194
Mule, velocity of spindles 280183
Mule spinning, definition of spinning 264176
Mule, stages in working of 272178
Mule stages, definition of 272178
Mule stages, end of first 289189
Mule stages, end of second 295190
Mule stages, end of third 311200
Mule stages, end of fourth 344218
Mule stages, end of fifth 288188
Mule stages, end of fifth 345218
Mule stages, end of sixth 273179
Mule stages, varying operation of parts during 274179
Mule strap guide, lever mechanism of 297193
Mule strap guide, mode of releasing 298193
Mule strap guide, release of 295190
Mule strap guide, re-locking, &c. 345218
Mule, taking-in, action of back shaft during 315202
Mule, taking-in, locking of clutch 309200
Mule, taking-in, position of clutch during backing off 310200
Mule, taking-in, release of clutch 313201
Mule, taking-in, speed of carriage during 315202
Mule, Threlfall’s fine 362231
Mule, twist yarn produced 363232
Mule, tin roller, construction of 279183
Mule, tin roller, driving of 331212
Mule winding, action at end of 271178
Mule winding, acceleration of velocity during 329210
Mule winding, application of theory 329210
Mule winding, connection of chain with tin roller 331212
Mule winding, construction of quadrant mechanism 330210
Mule winding, chain tightening motion 333213
Mule winding, chain rewinding on scroll 348219
Mule winding, difference in velocity of 323206
Mule winding, effect of taper of spindle on 324206
Mule winding, elevation of initial point of 318203
Mule winding, mode of rotating quadrant screw 335214
Mule winding, position of parts during 271177
Mule winding, theory of 325208
Mule winding, theory of action of quadrant arm 328209
Mule, weft yarn 363232
Mule, waste spinning 364232
N
Neps, removal of 15085
Nipper guard 201130
Nipper, Dobson and Barlow’s 203134
Nosing motion, Dobson and Barlow’s 353223
Nosing motion, Platt’s 333213
Nosing peg 332213
Number of doublings in drawing 216143
Number of persons employed 36
Number of roving machines for various counts 225147
Number of spindles at work 35
O
Opening, conditions of, successful 4223
Opening, mode of 4123
Opening, object of 4023
Opening machine, combination with mixing room 6332
Opening machine, construction of dust trunks for 6432
Opening machine, conveyance of cotton to 6332
Opening machine, Crighton’s 5329
Opening machine, Dobson and Barlow’s 4725
Opening machine, distance between beater arms and grid 5931
Opening machine, double fans in 5228
Opening machine, essential features of 4323
Opening machine, forms of 4424
Opening machine, Lord Brothers’ combined 5831
Opening machine, lubrication of footstep in 5731
Opening machine, pitch of projections on grid 6032
Opening machine, Platt’s 5228
Opening machine, Platt’s improved dust trunks for 6533
Opening machine, porcupine rollers for 4826
Opening machine, porcupine position and speed of 4927
Opening machine, porcupine used as feed 5027
Opening machine, position of dust trunks 6432
Opening machine, position of fans 5429
Opening machine, production of Crighton 5932
Opening machine, shape of grids 5630
Opening machines, Taylor, Lang and Co.’s 4624
Opening machines, velocity of beaters in 5530
Opening machines, velocity of beaters in Lord’s 5831
Operation of twist wheel in roving machine 241158
P
Paley’s traverse motion 261173
Parallelisation of fibres in carding 15186
Persons employed 35
Pedal motion, Asa Lees 9147
Pedal motion, Howard and Bullough’s 8644
Pedal motion, Platt’s 8846
Pedal motion, Lord’s 8242
Pedal motion, operation of 8443
Pedal motion, with rollers 8544
Pinel. Lecœur, and Hetherington’s combing machine 205135
Pitch of drawing frame rollers 210141
Plate wheel, action of 244162
Plate wheel, driving of 246163
Plate wheel, relative velocity of 246164
Platt’s carding machine 12267
Platt’s dust trunks 6533
Platt’s flat grinding apparatus 184116
Platt’s flexible bend setting 12267
Platt’s full can stop motion 221145
Platt’s inspection of carding setting 13779
Platt’s mule 275169
Platt’s opening machine 5228
Platt’s scutching machine 8846
Pneumatic conveyance of cotton 6232
Polishing machines for thread 402274
Porcupine rollers, construction of 4826
Porcupine rollers, position and speed of 4927
Porcupine rollers used as feed 5027
Preparation of card fillets 16496
Preparation of card slivers 192120
Principles of flat grinding 179111
Principles of mixing 3621
Principles of setting card teeth 15893
Principles of twisting 234154
Production of mule spindles, 1835-90 46
Production, tables of mule . . . 233
Production of polishing machines 402274
Production of roving machines . . . 175
Production of spooling machines 403281
Productive power of machinery 46
Pugh’s under-clearer spring 226148
Q
Quick traverse winding machines, Brooks’ 401273
Quick traverse, Dobson and Barlow 401273
Quick traverse, Hetherington’s 401273
R
Reeling machines, construction of 390262
Reeling machines, doffing motions 394266
Reeling machines, formation of hanks on 391265
Reeling machines, Guest and Brooks’ skeining motion 395266
Reeling machines, seven lea motion 392265
Ribbon lap machine 194121
Rigidity of machine framing 87
Ring doubling machine, English system 384284
Ring doubling machine, manufacture of thread on 385257
Ring doubling machine, Scotch system 384254
Ring spinning machine, angularity of roller brackets 370240
Ring spinning machine, Asa Lees’ rope driving 383254
Ring spinning machine, ballooning in 378248
Ring spinning machine, balloon guards 378249
Ring spinning machine, Bee spindle 374246
Ring spinning machine, Bernhardt’s anti-balloon guide 378249
Ring spinning machine, Booth Sawyer spindle 371241
Ring spinning machine, centrifugal action of traveller 377248
Ring spinning machine, common spindle 371240
Ring spinning machine, construction of 367234
Ring spinning machine, concentricity of ring and spindle 371240
Ring spinning machine, Coulthard’s double ring 375246
Ring spinning machine, definition of ring spinning 366234
Ring spinning machine, diameter of rings 375246
Ring spinning machine, diameter of front rollers 383254
Ring spinning machine, differential drag of traveller 379250
Ring spinning machine, Dobson Marsh spindle 372242
Ring spinning machine, Dodd spindle 374245
Ring spinning machine, early use of 368239
Ring spinning machine, effect of weight of traveller 378249
Ring spinning machine, elastic spindles 373242
Ring spinning machine, form of travellers for bare spindles 381252
Ring spinning machine, frictional resistance of traveller 377248
Ring spinning machine, gauge of spindles 383254
Ring spinning machine, Howard and Bullough’s weft 382253
Ring spinning machine, influence of weight of traveller 377248
Ring spinning machine, Lancaster’s system of weft 381252
Ring spinning machine, lift of ring rail 367236
Ring spinning machine, lift of spindles 383254
Ring spinning machine, loss of twist in 380251
Ring spinning machine, manufacture of rings 375246
Ring spinning machine, Platt’s bare spindle 382252
Ring spinning machine, Rabbeth spindle 372241
Ring spinning machine, self-contained spindles 372241
Ring spinning machine, spinning on bare spindles 379250
Ring spinning machine, tables of production . . . 259
Ring spinning machine, tables of power . . . 260
Ring spinning machine, unsteady running spindles 373242
Ring spinning machine, velocity of spindles 373242
Ring spinning machine, Whitin gravity spindles 374242
Rollers, bale breaker 3319
Rollers, calender 10955
Rollers, cloth pasting machine 407282
Rollers, construction of 406282
Rollers, covering machines for 409284
Rollers, drawing frame 208138
Rollers, ending machines for 409284
Rollers, grinding 186117
Rollers, grinding machines for finished 411287
Rollers, grinding machine for skins 408283
Rollers, inclination of teeth on 11360
Rollers, jointing of 406282
Rollers, pitch of centres of 210141
Rollers, relieving motion for 213142
Rollers, rolling machine for 410284
Rollers, size of 224146
Rollers, splicing machine for 408283
Rollers, velocity of 209138
Rollers, velocity of 224146
Ropes, speed of driving 1310
Rope driving 1310
Rope driving for scutchers, Asa Lees’ 9148
Rope driving for scutchers, Platt’s 8745
Roving machines, action of building motion 252168
Roving machines, action of plate wheel 244162
Roving machines, action of ratchet wheel 257171
Roving machines, amount of lift 233154
Roving machines, building motion for 250166
Roving machines, clearers for 226148
Roving machines, construction of 226147
Roving machines, construction of building motion 251167
Roving machines, construction of collars 229152
Roving machines, construction of differential motion 243161
Roving machines, construction of speed cones 249166
Roving machines, construction of spindles 227148
Roving machines, cone motion for 242158
Roving machines, Curtis and Rhodes’ motion 247164
Roving machines, definition of lead in 237156
Roving machines, difference in bobbin and flyer leads 240158
Roving machines, effect of winding in 235155
Roving machines, effect of diminishing rod 255171
Roving machines, effect of ratchet wheel change 259172
Roving machines, Higgins’ bearing for spindles of 230152
Roving machines, Howard and Bullough’s electric stop motion 263174
Roving machines, jack frame 225147
Roving machines, locking motion 260173
Roving machines, Mason’s long collar 229152
Roving machines, method of driving bobbins 232153
Roving machines, method of giving lift 233154
Roving machines, method of driving spindles and rollers 241158
Roving machines, method of driving plate wheel 246163
Roving machines, necessity for 225147
Roving machines, necessity for retardation of bobbin 238157
Roving machines, number employed 225147
Roving machines, number of rollers in 226147
Roving machines, object of building motion 250166
Roving machines, object of creel 226148
Roving machines, operation of twist wheel 241158
Roving machines, Paley’s traverse motion 261173
Roving machines, principles of reducing bobbin speed 239157
Roving machines, principles of reducing flyer speed 240157
Roving machines, twisting 234154
Roving machines, winding 236155
Roving machine, Pugh’s under-clearer for 226148
Roving machine, pressers attachment of 228148
Roving machine, reasons for bobbin lead 237156
Roving machine, releasing motion 256171
Roving machine, relation of strap and diminishing rod 258172
Roving machine, relative velocity of plate wheel 246164
Roving machine, reversal of lift 254171
Roving machine, setting of spindles 227148
Roving machine, shape of speed cones 249166
Roving machine, shortening of lift in 235155
Roving machine, size of rollers 226148
Roving machine, spindle speeds 234155
Roving machine, table of production . . . 175
Roving machine, theory of action of differential motion 244162
Roving machine, Tweedale’s differential motion 248165
Roving machine, velocity of wheels 246164
Roving machine, weighting of rollers 226148
S
Scutching machine, Asa Lees’ pedal motion 9147
Scutching machine, Asa Lees’ rope driving 9248
Scutching machine, character of beater blow 6937
Scutching machine, combinations of 9348
Scutching machine combined with mixing 9350
Scutching machine, conditions of successful working 9451
Scutching machine, construction of air passages 7941
Scutching machine, construction of beaters 6836
Scutching machine, construction of feed rollers and pedals 8544
Scutching machine, Crighton’s cages 7639
Scutching machine, Crighton’s leaf extractor 7740
Scutching machine, distance of dead plate from beater sheet 7739
Scutching machine, Dobson and Barlow’s pedal motion 9047
Scutching machine, doubling of laps in feeding 9752
Scutching machine, draught of 9852
Scutching machine, drawing action of rollers 8544
Scutching machine, effect of dead plate on air current 8041
Scutching machine, Howard and Bullough’s airbars 7438
Scutching machine, Howard and Bullough’s pedal bowls 8644
Scutching machine, importance of balancing beaters 6836
Scutching machine, lap attachment 6735
Scutching machine, lap feeding of 9551
Scutching machine, lap even selvedge of 9952
Scutching machine, lap weight and hank of 10052
Scutching machine, Lord’s 6835
Scutching machine, Lord’s piano feed 8242
Scutching machine, number of workpeople required for 10252
Scutching machine, object of 6635
Scutching machine, operation of piano feed 8443
Scutching machine, Platt’s dead plate 8141
Scutching machine, Platt’s pedal motion 8846
Scutching machine, Platt’s rope driving 8745
Scutching machine, position of grids 7237
Scutching machine, position of dead plate 7539
Scutching machine, pulsations of beater 7037
Scutching machine, setting of grid bars 7338
Scutching machine, two or three winged beaters 6936
Scutching machine, velocity of air current 7840
Scutching machine, velocity of beaters 6936
Scutching machine, velocity of cones 8342
Sea Island cotton 1813
Selvedges in carding 12066
Selvedge, opener 5228
Selvedge, scutcher 9952
Setting brackets for rollers 11360
Setting card covers 14582
Setting card cylinders 12974
Setting card pedestals 14885
Setting, character of card 13378
Setting, effect of Wellman flats 14181
Setting flats 13277
Setting flats, theory of 1864
Setting flats, Wellman 14081
Setting flexible bend 11965
Setting licker-in and doffer 13679
Setting mote knives 14182
Setting, Platt’s inspection of 13779
Setting teeth in clothing 15692
Setting under casings 14482
Seven lea motion 392265
Shape of card teeth 15994
Shortening lift in roving machines 235155
Side grinding of card teeth 15994
Side grinding, defects of 16094
Side grinding, improved 16295
Side grinding, striation of teeth by 16194
Size of driving rollers 224146
Size of driving ropes 1410
Size of roving rollers 226148
Skeining motion 395266
Slivers, definition of 10855
Slivers, doubling of 193121
Slivers, doubling of 215143
Slivers, cans for 405282
Sliver lap machine 193121
Slow motion, Sykes’ 171105
Slow motion, Hetherington’s 172106
Slow motion, Brooks’ 174107
Slow motion, Knowles’ 175108
Slubbing machine 225147
Slubs, production of 212142
Speed cones, construction of 249166
Speed cones, shape of 249166
Speed of combing machine 200129
Speed of belts and ropes 1310
Speed of roving spindles 234155
Spindles, comparative speed of 98
Spindles, construction of roving 227148
Spindles, number at work 35
Spindles, setting of 227148
Spooling machine 403278
Spooling, production of 403281
Standard Spinning Co’s Mill . . . 298
Staple, definition of 1712
Staple, effect in drawing 210141
Starch pump 415295
Steam engines, types of 118
Stop motion drawing frame 219144
Stop motion winding frame 398271
Stripping, method of 189119
T
Table of production of roving frame . . . 175
Table of production of mule . . . 233
Table of production of ring frame . . . 259
Tables of power for ring frame . . . 260
Taylor Lang’s opening machine 4624
Teeth, carding, setting of 15692
Teeth, carding, licker in 15793
Teeth, carding, principles of setting 15893
Teeth, carding, side grinding 16094
Testing flexible bend 11965
Testing heel in flats 11762
Theisen’s condenser 119
Theory of differential motion 244162
Theory of mule winding 325208
Transmission of power by belts 129
Transmission, loss in 1310
Twist in yarn, rule 387258
Twist wheel in roving frames 241158
U
Under casings for carding machine 14482
Under clearer for roving machine 226148
V
Velocity of beater in opener 5530
Velocity of beater in scutcher 6936
Velocity of carding cylinders 107 54
Velocity of carding cylinders during grinding 170 105
Velocity of doffer 10854
Velocity of doffer comb 10854
Velocity of main driving belts 1310
Velocity of main driving ropes 1310
Velocity of porcupine cylinders 4927
Velocity of rollers of drawing frame 209 138
Velocity of rollers of ring frame . . . 259
Velocity of spindles in roving machines 234155
Velocity of spindles in mule 280183
Velocity of spindles in ring frame 373242
Velocity of wheels in differential 246164
W
Waste from combing machine 206136
Wellman carding machine 13879
Width of lap for combing machine 194121
Whiteley’s clip 166101
Whiteley’s fillet winding machine 16596
Whiteley’s side-ground teeth 16295
Willow, The 4524
Workpeople employed in machine making 35
Wrap reel 415294
Y
Yarn, counts of 387257
Yarn testers 416292
John Heywood, Excelsior Printing and Bookbinding Works, Hulme Hall Road, Manchester.