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COTTON-WOOL. 



^o™vork?nT Memorandum for putting up and woi^king the 



Cotton- Machines, 



Machines. 



Each machine (two in number) is packed in 

 three separate pieces, viz. 1st. the body of the 

 machine ; 2d. a wheel with iron spindle ; and 

 3d. a long rough piece of wood, with a cord and 

 piece of wood in the shape of a V reversed 

 attached, with which the wheel is to be turned. 



The body of the machine, as sent, must be 

 placed upon either a bed of wood or masonry, the 

 end where the wheel is to be fixed being raised 

 above the other as in the accompanying sketch. 



In putting the wheel to the machine, the iron 

 spindle must be passed through above the wooden 

 one, at the place marked 1 on the body of the 

 machine, and made to enter at 2. The small piece 

 of wood, A 3, must be placed over the wooden 

 handle on the wheel, and one end of the piece of 

 wood to which 3 is attached by a cord must rest 

 on the ground, to be worked by the foot, in order 

 to turn the wheel. 



The person working the machine is seated 

 across at A, turning the handle B with his left 

 hand, and passing the cotton through (a very small 

 quantity at a time), between the wooden spindle 

 C and the iron spindle D, with his right hand, 

 at the same time causino- the wheel E to revolve 

 (and consequently the iron spindle D) by pressing 

 his right foot on the piece of wood F (in the same 



way 



