80 RAW SILK. 



ever, an expert fileur can attend to more than 

 three sets of five cocoons each in the same basin, 

 a second skein may be wound upon the reel, as the 

 second thread would also pass round a similar but 

 distinct set of pullies, and the croisie be made 

 upon itself. In this manner the fileur would^ at- 

 tend to thirty cocoons, in six sets of five each ; and 

 if one thread break, it is repaired without derang- 

 ing the other, and without passing a double thread 

 or " marriage" upon the reel. 



The example thus stated of Mr. Heathcoate's 

 method of reeling a fifteen cocoon silk with the 

 following table, will show their applicability to all 

 sizes of silk exceeding five cocoons. 



6 cocoons are to be divided into 2 sets of 3 each. 



8 2 — 4 — 



9 3 — 3 — 



12 3 _ 4 



16 .. .. .. 4 — 4 — 



20 5 — 4 — 



And so on to any desired number, never exceeding 

 four cocoons in each set when the number exceeds 

 two sets. 



(H.) 



Statement 

 respecting 

 Heathcoate 

 and Co.'s 

 Silk-reel. 



