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Wool. 



similarly to the lustre, save that the spinning frame is of 

 different build, a cap frame being employed which twists the 

 slivers fed to it at double the rate of the flyer spinning 

 frame. The whole of the machines in this set are designed to 

 deal with a finer, shorter fibre as compared with the machines 

 in the previous set. 



Fig. 8.— VVojUen Processes.^ 



A. Wool to be blended with Mungo B ; C, Blend of material from Fearnaught ; D, Blend from 

 scribbler; E, Blend in rope form from intermediate card; F, Condensed slivers; G, Mule-spun 

 thread. 



There are various styles of yarn coming between the 

 three types dealt with, but the principles involved are only 

 re-combinations of these. 



6. Warp and "Weft and Preparation for the Loom. — Some 

 of the yarns leaving the spinner's hands are hard twist ; others 

 are soft twist. The former are made into warps to be placed 

 in the loom and actuated by the heald shafts. The latter are 

 placed in the shuttle and thi-own across the warp as controlled 

 in the loom. 



1 From Textiles, published by Messrs. Constable & Co. 



