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lo the work, t^jree thousand revoliidons per ir.inulo, ant! 

 will spiti two and a third hanks per day of thread, No. 

 10 to 30 — A reel to wind oft" 20 spoils at once with rov- 

 ing winders : and a machine for carding wool, which will 

 card and roll 100 weight of wool per day. 



This department requires one woman and three small 

 girls to attend it. The wool-carder requires the constant 

 attention of one man, when it is carding. 



The spindles used in this factoj-y differ in several im- 

 portant points from those userl in England, or in any 

 other fagtorj^ in America, liiey are caf)able of doing 

 more and better work, and require less attention than 

 the xA-rkwright spiiidlc generally used. They are well 

 adapted, and make excellent thread when run by hand, 

 6 or 8 spindles m a frame. 



In addition to the above machinery, the proprietors 

 are no'v constructing (as fast as their iunds will per- 

 mit) two frames of 96 spindles each, and a mule with 

 144 spindles, a breaker and two finishers, with a set of 

 drawing and reving heads. They also contemplate a 

 small establishment for colouring and bleaching of cotton 

 twist. George Drinker. 



Centre Mills, August 28, 1810. 



USEFUL IMPROVEMENT. 



Benjamin Parry, of Bocks County, Pennsylvania, has 

 invented a new Corn Kiln, or machine for drying corn 

 or other g^rain — The machinery over the oven is com- 

 posed of three sheet iron sieves, perforated, which re- 

 ceive a vibratory motion gradually ceasing by small 

 jars; in which sieves the corn moves from the first to the 

 second, &c. until it is delivered at the same end of the 

 kiln it was received. By this method there may be from 

 one to five hundred bushels (according to the wishes of 

 the constructor) of corntlried in twenty four hours, with 

 but little labor and much less fuel than in the ordinary 

 way—The inventorhas obtained a patent, which secures 

 to him the exclusive right of using the above machiu 

 and of vending it to others, Freemaii's Journal. 



