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rived at this. They firft fuppreffed the old method 
of reeling the filk over a bobin, which was found to 
give it a hat form ; and they fubftitutcd in its dead 
that excellent method of the croifiure, which ren- 
ders it round and compact. They then applied 
themfelves to correCt the imperfections of the guide- 
dick, and to eftablifh proper proportions between 
the wheels which gave it motion ; but, notwith- 
danding thefe and other improvements, they dill 
found, that, fo long as thefe wheels were turned by 
means of a band, they could not arrive at the per- 
fection necedary to make filk fit for organcine or 
warp, becaufe the inaccurate motion of the band 
made the mod juft proportion which they could 
edablifh between the wheels cpaite ineffectual, and 
condantly produced a Vitrage. 
It was on this account that they totally fupprefied 
the ufage of the band, and fubdituted in its dead 
four wheels with a determined number of teeth, 
whofe revolutions, being uniform, gave the guidedick 
a proper motion for preventing the Vitrage, This, 
and feme other regulations, are edablifhed by laws,, 
which are rigoroufly put in execution, led the com- 
mon people fhould thro’ indolence relapfe into their 
old eudoms. By adhering to this reel, the Piedmont 
tefe are able to give that perfection to their raw filk, 
which fits it to be thrown into organcine or warp 5; 
and to raife the value of each pound of filk reeled 
m this manner to one third more than it would have 
if reded other ways-- 
The French were defirous of making raw filk fit 
for organcine or warp among themfelves, which hi- 
therto- they have had from Piedmont. Whether they 
thought 
