COTTON- WOOL. 



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way a small turning-lathe is put in work by the 



Memorandum 



foot), when the cotton will pass through to one side '''cotton"^ 

 and the seed fall on the other. Machines. 



It will be necessary to force the wooden spindle 

 C as close up as possible to the iron spindle D, by 

 wedging up the piece of wood marked Z, and to 

 keep the handle of the wheel at 3, and the ends 

 of the wooden spindle oiled or greased, in order 

 to their working freely. 



The use of the file sent with the machine is to 

 take off the dirt which will accumulate in the iron 

 spindle. The wedges are to force up the piece of 

 wood marked Z. The dagger-shaped pieces of 

 wood are to be used, both for the purposes of 

 separating the cotton before passing through the 

 machine, should it get hard and in balls, and also 

 for pushing it away, should it accumulate too high 

 after passing through the machine. 



The thin slips of wood of the date-tree are to 

 prevent the cotton getting round the iron spindle 

 (D). The slip with the cord wound round it, is 

 placed in between the two uprights (YY) of 

 the machine, close to the iron spindle, but a little 

 above it, on the side the cotton comes out on ; 

 the other slip, without the cord, is placed in 

 the same manner on the side where the cotton 

 enters. 



The cotton before being passed through the 

 machine is (in this country) exposed to the sun in 

 summer, and placed over the roofs of the ovens 



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