452 History of the Author's 



yds. 

 In 1800, Refina wool clean scoured and picked, 46^ lb. made cloth, 29^ 



1802, do. do. - 4671b. - 30 i 



1803, do. <^0' - 44Tlb. • 28-J- 



1804, do. do. - 42 lb. - 261^ 



ijgilb. 114! 



The last piece of cloth was much thicker and more leathery than it ought to have 

 been ; and I am informed, by a letter from the manufacturer, that if he had been 

 aware of the ready disposition of this wool to felt, be should have kept the cloth a 

 shorter time in the mill, and have made from one and a half to two yards more, 

 or 28-i^ yards of cloth of the proper substance. Let us, however, take the items as 

 they now stand. The whole produce of cloth from 1795:1b. of clean wool 

 will then be 1141 yards. Now 6olb. of good Spanish wool are required to make 

 30 yards, or, according to Mr. Naish, * 29 yards, of the best wool-dyed broad- 

 cloth. Let us, however, suppose 30 yards. These 60 lb. of wool are, by scouring 

 and picking, reduced to 50 lb. Therefore, as 501b, are to 30 yards, so are 179^ lb. 

 to 107-7 yards ; instead of which 1 14-^ yards actually were made; and according to 

 Mr. Naish as above, upwards of 116 yards should have been produced. 



It seems to be agreed among manufacturers, that, the finer the wool, the farther it 

 goes. This is probably owing to its flexibiliiy and inelasticity ; in consequence of 

 ■which it readily entangles itself in the various processes of spinning, weaving, and 

 milling, and does not fall out and waste in these and the subsequent operations. This 

 principle, though it may have a maximum, determined by a certain degree of 

 slrength, and therefore of coarseness, in the wool, must doubtless, in conformity 

 •with experience, be admitted as general!)' true. Let us, therefore, examine the 

 result of the single experiment of 1804, in which the wool was finer than in the 

 former instances. As 501b. are to 30 yards, so are 42 lb. to somewhat less than 

 2^\ yards ; instead of which, my wool produced 26^ yards ; and, according to the 

 report of the manufacturer above stated, would have produced gSf yards of cloth 

 of the usual thickness and solidity. It may, therefore, be justly concluded, that 

 fine Mcrino-Ryeland wool in the clean state goes farther in the fabric than an equal 

 weight of the best Spanish in the same Etatc, and therefore is, in that respect, more 

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