212 TEXTILE FIBRES. 



the following instance of the crossings and redrawings in combing and 

 spinning a fine quality of 48s. worsted in the Bradford district : 



24 card slivers up at preparing gill. 

 8 from preparing gill up at backwash. 



192 



3 from backwash up at gill for comb. 



576 



4 slivers drawn off comb. 



2,304 



20 comb slivers up at 1st finishing gill. 



46,080 



4 balls from 1st up at 2nd finishing gill. 



184,320 



6 tops up at 1st drawing gill. 



1,105,920 



4 slivers from 1st up at 2nd drawing gill. 



4,423,680 



4 slivers from 2nd up at 3rd (spindle) gill. 



17,694,720 



4 ends from spindle gill at 1st drawing frame. 



70,778,880 



4 ends from 1st drawing frame up at 2nd drawing frame. 



283,115,520 



3 ends from 2nd drawing frame up at 3rd drawing frame. 



849,346,560 



3 ends from 3rd drawing frame up at 4th drawing frame. 



2,548,039,680 



2 ends from 4th drawing up at reducing frame. 



5,096,079,360 



2 ends from reducing frame up at roving frame. 



10,192,158,720 



" The roving is now ready for the finishing spinning, and is either 

 taken to the worsted spinning mule, and gets as much further drawing 

 as the condenser thread gets for its entire drawing. Need we be 

 surprised that the worsted thread is a success in almost every fabric in 

 which it is used ; or that the woollen thread, as at present constructed 

 is either an absolute or a comparative failure in every fabric in which it 



