ARKWRIGHT'S ORIGINAL SPINNING MACHINE. 



This machine, made by Sir Richard Arkwright in 1769, shows his first appli- 

 cation of drawing rollers to cotton spinning. The roving, wound upon bobbins 

 placed at the back of the frame, was led successively through four pairs of rollers, 

 each pair revolving more quickly than the preceding pair, so as to draw out the 

 cotton to a finer thread. The last pair was rotated more than six times as fast as 

 the first. The motive power originally used with this machine was that of a horse. 



