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The spinning room (fig. 988) contains 34 spinning frames of 184 to 244 spindles 

 each, apportioned to the several systems as described below. 



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I. System of long-line machinery for spinning No. 25's to 40's. 

 1 Baxter's patent sheet hackling machine, 6 tools. 



1 spreader or first drawing frame, 4 bosses. 



1 second drawing frame, 2 heads, 4 bosses each. 



1 third drawing frame, 2 heads, 6 bosses each. 



1 patent disc regulating roving frames, 60 spindles, 10 spindles per head, 8 inches 



x 4 inches bobbin. 



5 spinning frames, 2f inches pitch, 200 spindles each, 1,000 spindles. 

 The production of this system is about 66 bundles, or say, 420 Ibs. of No. 30's yarn 

 per day. 



II. Two systems of long-line machinery for No. 40's to 60's. 



1 Baxter's patent sheet hackling machine, 8 tools. 



2 spreaders or first drawing frames, 4 bosses each. 

 2 second drawing frames, 2 heads of 6 bosses each. 

 2 third drawing frames, 2 heads of 8 bosses each. 



2 patent disc regulating roving frames, 60 spindles each, 12 spindles per head, 6 

 inches x 3J inches bobbin. 



10 spinning frames, 220 spindles each, 2| inches pitch, 2,200 spindles. Produc- 

 tion about 130 bundles, or 472 Ibs. of No. 55's yarn per day. 



III. Two systems of three cut-line machinery for No. 40's to 120's (one for 40's 

 to 70's, and one for 70's to 120's). 



1 ' flax cutting machine. 



1 P. Fairbairn and Co.'s patent double lino of holder hackling machine. 



2 spreaders or first drawing frames, 4 bosses each. 



2 second drawing frames, 2 heads each, 6 slivers per head. 



2 third drawing frames, 2 heads each, 8 slivers per head. 



2 patent disc regulating roving frames, 72 spindles each, 12 spindles per head, 



6 x 3| inches bobbin. 



5 spinning frames, 220 spindles each, 2| inches pitch = 1,100 spindles. 

 5 spinning frames, 244 spindles each, 2j inches pitch = 1,220 spindles. 

 Production about 65 bundles or 236 Ibs. of No. 53's yarn per day, and about 50 



bundles or 105 Ibs. of No. 95's yarn per day. 



IV. Two systems of long-tow machinery for No. 10's to 25's. 



1 breaker card, 4 feet diameter, 6 feet wide, doffed by rollers. 



1 lap machine. 



2 finisher cards, 4 feet x 6 feet, with P. Fairbairn and Co.'s patent rotary gill 

 drawing frames attached. 



2 patent rotary gill drawing frames, 12 slivers each. 



2 patent rotary gill disc regulating roving frames, 48 spindles each, 8 inches x 4 

 inches bobbin. 



3 spinning frames, 184 spindles each, 4 inches pitch for No. 10's to 18's = 552 

 spindles. 



3 spinning frames, 200 spindles each, 2J inches pitch for No. 16's to 25's = 600 



spindles. 

 Production about 39 bundles, or 488 Ibs. No. 16's per day, and about 39 bundles 



or 312 Ibs., No. 25's per day. 



