328 A BRIEF MEMOIR 



each head or pair of rollers, as I have before 

 stated, which had pulHes of different sizes for 

 the purpose of varying his draught, having sink- 

 weights and puUies to keep the bands of an 

 equal tightness, and the rollers in corresponding 

 motion. The band that gave motion to the shaft 

 was connected with a loose pulley, having a catch 

 upon the rim, so that it might be disengaged at 

 pleasure, and stop the rollers. This was done 

 by a treadle with the foot ; the other band was 

 conducted from the rim or wheel by two carrying 

 pullies, at the extreme end of the frame, con- 

 taining the carriage or railway. The band made 

 a turn upon a pulley round the wooden or tin 

 roller, which roller being supported by two 

 centre points or bearings, gave motion to the 

 spindles by means of separate bands.* He had 

 a faller or wrapper (like that of Hargreaves's 

 jenny, only Hargreaves's were placed behind 

 the stationary spindles, and that of Crompton's 

 on the spindle-carriage as it was called) nearly 

 on the same principle as that now in use. His 

 carriage was a long box with wooden pullies or 

 carriage wheels, running upon a wooden railway, 

 very much inclining downwards from the beam 



* The wood or tin roller and vertical wheel were not of 

 Hargreaves's invention nor Crompton's, but were introduced 

 into Hargreaves's jenny by a person of the name of Haley, of 

 Houghton Tower, a few years after Hargreaves's invention. 



