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A jhort. '"JDeJcrip^oA of Mri i ’s M AG H INE j'or Spinning, } f moling^
\ arid Twifling .Linen, Wpollen, or Cotton. '
A p H E principal mo vfement|> o r . tips Ivlaphine' are contained in^^^^Men
"*■ franje, thfep.f^S high* twmreet: broadband feventpehunchcs deep, '-•The
firft mUv^S^^wheier'tMsenty' inches diameter, ^nd ‘gjhe inch and an half thick,
with twn grnfivRs and bands„on, its periphery, : on ,thq axis,, of this, wheel' is
fixed a curved arm;’‘or crank, whofe ta'diuV llfofdtir inches ; wfiicfois con-
■ neéled^tp the treadle by Üieajis of ^perpendicul'ar'wöpdeK Tod^fwh'ich adtuaj||s
"the wheel by the preffure of the ’fodli on» tne fata 'trCa^fei^rop thè’-fhiddie of
the,axis-is*an eadleftforew.,-which gives .motion,to .afoefcêW,whe< l, fc^inches
diamèter ; oh whofe arboF is' fiited^^^reëls^'to» wma ©fiHÊnte“ yatri and the
worfied,‘>after fpinni'ng and twilling. ‘ On ’me kpp oPtme fraihe, in fejnt, - are
feed two fpindles, flyers, &c, foAfpi'nhingj and-oh the back. part ipmig^ve
two fpindlès, or fpulls, for twillingi m. the middle o ffthe‘ frame tEer&'Sa,
dial," o r‘index, to Ihew the number or yards'reélêd'inro flleigffs.
The^Commitreè refolved that MrTrt?a r RS|E%!was entitled tor Thirty
Pouiids, part of the Firft..Premium. To wnicK thé Society agreed, April 9,
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AjbWt^)ftripiiok o f Mr: WïxïiAM-GkKRkf'f’s^MA'C H l^^fbV--''Do'kMing
1 ahd ,s]>iritffin^ Yarn,
RATT’s Spinning-wheel; but, infteafo b£!ha4?ng' two fpindles^ fotl'I'Jin-
hing, and two-for twifting, this has four fpindles for'twifting only; -and^HfeTe
areJjpmfedLfide byj fide| foreqjarfobfI the
Machin& ;:'*0h who'fo upper .rail is ere&efekf wooden’ frame, three feet- feve
itecBbs'if(|uare :■ this -fratne is divided ih§d;;tVelvd /eqtialparts, I of ?d0Slfehs,
^diifaMng1 twelve Ikeigns of yarn ;{’8aohv'of which lkeigns refolved in' a^vertical
difefiSsti rduhdtwb bobbins, whofe pivots turn in the perpendicular bars
of the^partitions, and may, occafionally,' be ‘let at a -greater or left diftance
ffom each .other, according to the length of the Ikeign.; The yarn is wound
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off^ from theiffceigns.upon four hdbb'ias; having fe ll ps-HfadifehgOagb tfe,ey?s^
o r l j j a ' in the fpindles.and flyers, -to which they are directed by fogy wire;
Hi p , 01, hi. fees ; and-the numbei of yardsi reeled aye afeertained by a dial,
in the fame manner as they are in Mr. P arratt’s other Machine.
^ This operation , is ' performed by the preffure of the foot on the treadle,
wbiehygavesimotipn to^thg^twifting^wheel, &c.
‘YrTHe Gofttinittee ’ M@nUf.ultm c-> examined this Machine, and recommended
to^he^ S,odie$\ Itq^iyc, this ^Candidate TwcKe Pounds, part of the
Epemium ofs^Tcmtydiye Pm ^ sj^ qn cV)pdit.ion«pf his leaving his Machine
Aprii''g7"r7d6'r
A fip r.t 'Y k fc r if ion. o f , the fe b e i^ u h M i. P u l l e n ' s S ItK-R.EE t.
THE f o c j ' e i t y J l f o v m g ? h o u g h t ^ O T © p e r ^
||ur]Colpni«^ _the ^ev^rend- Mi-: ‘PtftL^
S / f o obiigingisjtp pfofent,^hl^oae{wwith^ ! lh ort.iB |jMJ8f thfe-^ltbi%
and management0of'S li ^ojrr|J lo|ether’with a riiodgl,^ his filk’-reel, the
.® t y ‘c^' w lp c i lie has “ 'forth fn‘ ‘a MfeVfb th b '^ t f e ^ ^ebruaf^ 6,
^6el,‘JrsJ‘asJ fob
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The hiaci^ei before .you iv a mdael Ihemfig a^new cqnftfili?lfofl which 1
have giVeii tp t|e 0wi V»'i; ir i
V“ £ Firft," reduced rit f o S f havjng^bupt^p w^e^ls^inftead of
four, as is the pyefent ufag^. , x ; p L^ c t ^
|‘(.- ‘d!slh h fe y e feed fuch a,proportion, th^^the moift thread of ^fok^foall
n o t fall. length wife .on anptfer, t i l l e r the<!
.^ e r e a s ’j t o^monly ^#„on jjt pftaj M f,n,d P ^ l
.itJias tii»e to .4fy*,, ; £?ftu ;-‘:-
“ III. J have given an eafy methp,^.of;rre^bpg phe filk with a ffpuble^crpf-
' jjiftead d£ the fingle ojne, by Wuch jp q a ijs^ thread is gore -dried and
dmbodied, fo.as« to^be fit for id aM ^ M ^ ^ n ie s , or warp. Before Fend, I
-mu# offer one oM la tio n pwi^Kat, whpriever.'gr^t quantities’of filk are
-W o d uM p our Americak.Gp^ftidfolt mull b e g ^ b r k of private families:
public filatifesknay begin;' a n d | f f e ^ | o # e % i^ but cann’ot produce great
E n t i t ie s df filk : ^.t, 'is .therefore hop'bd.^||ithe making Silkr-reels of a more
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