APar.Page.Acceleration of winding velocity in mule330211Action of building motion in roving machines252168Action of building ratchet wheel in roving machines257171Action of combing machine198126Action of copping mechanism322205Action of mule at end of draw289189Action of fallers in mule303194Action of plate wheel in roving machines244162Action of rollers of mule267177Advantages of rotation of backing-off wheel296190Air current, conveyance of cotton by6332Air current, effect of passages on7941Air current in scutchers, velocity of7840American cotton2113Amount of lift in roving machines233154Angularity of brackets in ring frames370240Angularity of thread in mules360229Asa Lees and Company’s rope driving for ring frames383254Asa Lees and Company’s rope driving for scutchers9248Ashworth Brothers’ cylinder setting12975Ashworth Brothers’ cylinder driving14985Ashworth Brothers’ revolving flat carding machine12975Attachment of cards to cylinders and doffers16496Attachment of cards to flats by rivets166101Attachment of cards to flats by sewing166101Attachment of cards to flats by clips166101Attachment of carriage end frame bands284187Attachment of pressers228148Attachment of roving to mule spindles267177BBack shaft connection with scroll shaft315202Back shaft connection of quadrant with327209Back shaft clutch, shape of teeth284187Back shaft clutch, disengagement of293190Back shaft, driving of284184Back shaft, driving of, ordinary method351221Back shaft, position of scrolls284187Backing-off chain, tightening motion307198Backing-off clutch, engagement of299193Backing-off clutch, release of312200Backing-off, compression of spring300193Backing-off, constant rotation of wheel296190Backing-off, driving of wheel282194Backing-off, effect of driving wheel282184Backing-off lever, release of301194Backing-off, operation of270177Backing-off, holding out catch during310200Backing-off, parts at end of311200Bale breaker2817Bale breaker, construction of rollers3319Bale breaker, Dobson and Barlow’s3419Bale breaker, draught of3018Baling of cotton2716Balling machines404281Bands, check315202Bands, tension of spindle280183Bands, mule end frame284187Bands, course of rim281183Beaters, balancing scutcher6836Beaters, blow of6937Beaters, construction of scutcher6836Beaters, space between grid and arms of5931Beaters, pulsations of7037Beaters, two and three winged6936Beaters, velocity of opener5530Beaters, velocity of Lord’s opener5831Beaters, velocity of scutcher6936Bearings, Higgins’ roving spindle230152Belts, main driving speeds1310Bend, Mason’s concentric11360Bend, Dobson and Barlow’s12569Bend, easy adjustment of flexible13478Bend, Hetherington’s setting of12166Bend, Hetherington’s trueing of12166Bend, Howard and Bullough’s12770Bend, Knowles’12873Bend, Legh’s flexible11965Bend, Platt’s flexible12267Bend, Platt’s inspection of setting of13779Bend, position of flexible12066Bend, setting brackets for11360Bend, setting flexible11965Bend, theory of flexible11864Bobbins, coated414291Bobbins, doubling and throstle413291Bobbins, driving roving232153Bobbins, lead, reasons for237156Bobbins, lift of233154Bobbins and flyer leads240158Bobbins, principle of driving roving239157Bobbins, retardation of roving238157Bobbins, ring frame413288Bobbins, roving412287Bobbins, Sidebotham’s patent413291Brazilian cotton2013Brooks’ adjustment of flats in card13177Brooks’ drawing machine208137Brooks’ ring spinning machine367234Brooks’ revolving flat card13076Brooks’ slow motion for card174107Building motion, action of252168Building motion, construction of251167Building motion, objects of250166Building motion, reversal of lift by254171Building motion, roving frame250166Bundling press396267CCages, Crighton’s construction of7639Cages, position of6735Calender rollers of carding engines10955Calculation of counts387257Calculation of hank roving387257Cam shaft, effect of first half turn of292190Cam shaft, effect of second half turn of345218Cam shaft, ordinary position of350220Cam shaft, position of cams on291189Cans, arrangement in drawing machine215143Cans, Bridge’s corrugated405282Cans, Platt’s full stop motion221145Cans, position in coiler11055Cans, sliver405282Carding, importance of190119Card clothing, attachment to flats by rivets166101Card clothing, attachment to flats by sewing166101Card clothing, attachment to flats by clips166101Card clothing, attachment to flats by Platt’s clip169105Card clothing, construction of foundation15491Card clothing, counts of wire15692Card clothing, counts used15793Card clothing, defects of side grinding15994Card clothing, deflection of flats167102Card clothing, desirability of light grinding16395Card clothing, improved side grinding16295Card clothing, machine for winding fillets16596Card clothing, manufacture of fillets15591Card clothing, mode of attaching fillets16496Card clothing, Platt’s fastener for169105Card clothing, preparation before fixing16496Card clothing, principles of setting15893Card clothing, setting teeth15692Card clothing, shape of teeth15994Card clothing, side grinding of teeth15994Card clothing, striation of teeth16194Card clothing, teeth of licker-in15793Card clothing, Tweedale’s clip for168102Card grinding, best speed of cylinder170105Card grinding, Brooks’ slow motion for174107Card grinding, construction of brackets178110Card grinding, Dronsfield’s emery fillets176109Card grinding, Edge’s flat apparatus182113Card grinding, Hetherington’s flat apparatus181112Card grinding, Hetherington’s slow motion172106Card grinding, Higginson’s flat apparatus183114Card grinding, Horsfall roller177109Card grinding, Knowles’ and Tatham’s flat apparatus180111Card grinding, Knowles’ slow motion175108Card grinding, machine for rollers186117Card grinding, machine for Wellman flats187118Card grinding, Platt’s flat apparatus184116Card grinding, principles of flat179110Card grinding, rollers used in176108Card grinding, Sykes’ slow motion171105Carding machine, action of cylinder15186Carding machine, action of licker-in15085Carding machine, Ashworth’s12974Carding machine, Ashworth’s cylinder setting12974Carding machine, Ashworth’s driving14985Carding machine, Ashworth’s setting of pedestals14885Carding machine, attenuation of fleece15286Carding machine, Brook’s13076Carding machine, Brook’s adjustment of flats13177Carding machine, condition of fibres15388Carding machine, construction of bend11360Carding machine, construction of calender rolls10955Carding machine, construction of coiler11055Carding machine, construction of cylinder10754Carding machine, construction of dish feed14381Carding machine, construction of doffer10854Carding machine, construction of doffer comb10854Carding machine, construction of licker-in10654Carding machine, construction of pedestals14784Carding machine, construction of setting brackets11360Carding machine, construction theory of bend11864Carding machine, character of working settings13378Carding machine, development of10453Carding machine, Dobson and Barlow’s12569Carding machine, Dobson and Barlow’s covers for14582Carding machine, Dobson and Barlow’s pedestal setting14885Carding machine, driving of parts of14684Carding machine, driving of rollers11360Carding machine, ease of flexible bend adjustment13478Carding machine, effect of licker-in14382Carding machine, feeding laps10553Carding machine, Hetherington’s setting of bend12166Carding machine, Hetherington’s trueing apparatus12166Carding machine, Howard and Bullough’s12770Carding machine, Howard and Bullough’s pedestal setting14885Carding machine, inclination of teeth on rollers11256Carding machine, Knowles’s12873Carding machine, Leigh’s flexible bend11965Carding machine, method of setting flats13277Carding machine, movement of cylinder centre13579Carding machine, object of10353Carding machine, Platt’s bend setting12267Carding machine, Platt’s inspection of setting13779Carding machine, position of chain attachment12368Carding machine, position of flexible bend12064Carding machine, position of mote knives14482Carding machine, position of under casings14482Carding machine, removal of neps and short fibre15085Carding machine, revolving flat11561Carding machine, revolving, adjusting heel of flats11762Carding machine, revolving, construction of flats11661Carding machine, revolving, mode of shaping flats11661Carding machine, revolving, number of flats11561Carding machine, revolving, testing flats11762Carding machine, roller and clearer11156Carding machine, roller dirt stripper11156Carding machine, setting flexible bend11965Carding machine, setting licker-in and doffer13679Carding machine, ultimate draught15286Carding machine, velocity of cylinder10754Carding machine, velocity of doffer10854Carding machine, velocity of doffer comb10854Carding machine, velocity of rollers11256Carding machine, velocity of Wellman14181Carding machine, Wellman13879Carding machine, Wellman, Dobson, and Barlow’s13980Carding machine, Wellman, effect of setting of flats14181Carding machine, Wellman, future of14281Carding machine, Wellman, principles of13879Carding machine, Wellman, setting flats of14081Card stripping, importance of188118Card stripping, method of189119Card stripping, reasons for188118Capital employed in spinning35Carriage of mule, connection with square278183Carriage of mule, construction of278183Carriage of mule, gain of288189Carriage of mule, improved slips for360229Carriage of mule, reciprocal motion of269177Chain attachment to flats12368Chain, backing-off tightening307198Chain, winding331212Chain, winding tightening motion333213Cleanliness, importance of1611Clearers for drawing frames212142Clearers, Dobson and Barlow’s212142Clearers, Ermen’s revolving212142Clearers, roving frames226148Clearers, rollers of carding engines11256Click motion341217Click motion, defects of old342217Click motion, holding out rod and343217Coiler, construction of11056Collars, Mason’s long229152Combined opening machines, Dobson and Barlow’s4725Combined opening machines, Platt’s5228Combined opening machines, Lord’s5831Combined mixing, opening, and scutching6332Combined opening and scutching9348Combing machine, action of198126Combing machine, combing cylinder196125Combing machine, detaching mechanism197126Combing machine, Dobson and Barlow’s202130Combing machine, Imbs’205135Combing machine, nippers of, Dobson & Barlow’s203134Combing machine, nipper guard201130Combing machine, preparation of sliver for192120Combing machine, Pinel, Lecœur, & Hetherington’s205135Combing machine, speed of200129Combing machine, waste from206136Comparative spindle speeds98Condenser, Theisen’s patent119Cones, Asa Lees’ driving for9248Cones, Platt’s driving for8745Cones, roving frame242158Cones, scutching machine velocity8342Cones, shape of249166Cones, speed249166Construction of combing cylinder196125Construction of drawing machine208137Construction of roving frames226147Constructive methods, early77Constructive methods, modern87Cops, chase of317203Cops, form of316202Cops, layers of yarn in317203Cops, paper tubes for316202Cops, winding traverse in building317203Copping motion, action of322205Copping motion, loose copping rail321205Copping motion, object of rail308199Copping motion, theory of319203Copping motion, traverse of plates320204Cotton, American2113Cotton, Brazilian2013Cotton, cleaning of3923Cotton, commercial qualities2314Cotton, Egyptian1913Cotton gin2415Cotton, Indian2213Cotton, mixing3621Cotton, Sea Island1813Cotton fibre, structure of1712Cotton fibre, strength of1712Cotton mill, cost of67Cotton, pneumatic conveyance of6332Cotton spinning industry35Counts of yarn, definition of387257Counts of wire, how calculated15692Counts of wire commonly used15793Creel, roving machine226147Crighton opening machine5329Crighton opening, combined6332Crighton opening, double6132Crighton opening, distance of grids5931Crighton opening, lubrication of footsteps5731Crighton opening, position of fans5429Crighton opening, production of6032Crighton opening, shape of grids5630Curtis and Rhodes’ differential motion247164Curtis’ mule358228DDead plate in scutching machine7539Dead plate, effect of position of8041Dead plate, Platt’s arrangement of8141Dead plate, position of7739Definition of lead237156Deflection of flats167102Detaching mechanism of combers197126Development of carding machine10453Differential motion, action of plate wheel in244162Differential motion, Curtis and Rhodes’247164Differential motion, mode of driving plate wheel246163Differential motion of roving machines243161Differential motion, relative velocity of plate wheel246164Differential motion, theory of244162Differential motion, Tweedale’s248165Dirt roller of carding engine11156Dobson and Barlow’s bale breaker3419Dobson and Barlow’s combing machine202130Dobson and Barlow’s covers for carding engines14582Dobson and Barlow’s detaching mechanism202133Dobson and Barlow’s governing motion354225Dobson and Barlow’s nosing motion353223Dobson and Barlow’s opening machine4725Dobson and Barlow’s revolving flat card12569Dobson and Barlow’s setting cylinders14885Dobson and Barlow’s under casings14482Dobson and Barlow’s Wellman machine13980Doffer, carding machine10854Doffer, velocity of10854Doffer comb10854Doffing motion for reels394265Double fans in opening machines5228Doubling of laps in scutchers9752Doubling machine384284Doubling winding machine, objects of397271Doubling winding machine, Stubbs’398271Draught of bale breaker3018Draught of carding machine15286Draught in drawing machine211141Draught, effect of211141Draught of machines, definition2918Draught of scutching machine9852Draught of scutching where occurring10152Drawing machine, arrangement of sliver cans215143Drawing machine, Brooks’ stop motion219144Drawing machine, centres of rollers210141Drawing machine, clearers for212142Drawing machine, construction of208137Drawing machine, deliveries of208137Drawing machine, Dobson and Barlow’s, clearer for212142Drawing machine, draughts in211141Drawing machine, driving rollers of209138Drawing machine, doubling of slivers in215143Drawing machine, effect of doubling in216143Drawing machine, effect of staple210141Drawing machine, Ermen’s revolving clearer212142Drawing machine, essential features in214142Drawing machine, Howard and Bullough’s electric stop motion223145Drawing machine, Leigh’s loose boss rollers208138Drawing machine, number of doublings216143Drawing machine, number of doublings permissible217144Drawing machine, objects of207137Drawing machine, Platt’s full can stop motion221145Drawing machine, reasons for stop motion219144Drawing machine, rollers for208138Drawing machine, roller laps212142Drawing machine, roller relieving motion213142Drawing machine, size of rollers224146Drawing machine, slubs212142Drawing machine, velocity of rollers209138Drawing machine, velocity of rollers224146Driving, Ashworth’s, of carding machine14984Driving belts, speed of1310Driving bobbins of roving machine232153Driving carding engines14684Driving rollers and clearers11360Driving rollers of roving machine231152Driving ropes, size and speed of1410Driving, spindles of roving machine231152Dronsfield’s emery fillets176109Dronsfield’s roller covering machine409284Dub’s governing motion356226Duplex driving of mules287188Dust trunks, construction of6432Dust trunks, Platt Brothers6533Dust trunks, position of6432Dust trunks, use of6332EEarly inventions15Edge’s flat grinding apparatus182131Egyptian cotton1913Elephant opener2816Engines, steam, types of118Ermen’s revolving clearer212142Essential features of drawing frames214142Extent of machine making trade35FFans in opening machine5228Feed motion dish for carding engine10654Feed motion dish for carding engine14381Feed motion, Lord’s piano8242Feed motion, cones in scutching8443Feed motion, velocity of cones in scutching8342Feed rollers, draught of9852Feed rollers, drawing action of8544Feed rollers, scutcher8544Feeding carding machines10553Feeding scutching machines from laps9551Fibres, position in fleece15388Fillets attaching to cylinders16496Fillets attaching to flats166101Fillets, Dronsfield’s emery176109Fillets, foundation for card15491Fillets, manufacture of card15591Fillets, Platt’s fastener for169105Fillets, preparation of16496Fillets, setting teeth in15692Fillets, Tweedale’s clip for card168102Fillets, winding on16596Fillets, Whiteley’s clip for card166101Flats, adjustment of heel in11762Flats, attaching chain to12368Flats, attaching clothing to166101Flats, Brooks’ adjustment of13177Flats, character of working setting13378Flats, construction of11661Flats, deflection of167102Flats, Edge’s grinding apparatus for182113Flats, Hetherington’s grinding apparatus for181112Flats, Higginson’s grinding apparatus for183114Flats, Knowles’ grinding apparatus for180111Flats, number of11561Flats, Platt’s grinding apparatus184116Flats, Platt’s inspecting device for13779Flats, shaping11661Flats, setting13277Flats, setting, Wellman14080Flats, testing heel of11762Flyers, attachment of pressers to228148Flyers, construction of roving227148Flyers, lead of240158Flyers, retardation of240157GGassing machine399272Gauge of spindles in roving machines227148Gin, cotton2415Gin, Macarthy cotton2515Grids, Howard and Bullough’s air bars for7438Grids, pitch of projections on6032Grids, position in opening machine5931Grids, position in scutching machine7237Grids, shape of opening machine5630Grids, setting bars in7338Grinding, defects of side16094Grinding, desirability of light16395Grinding, Horsfall roller for177109Grinding, improved side16295Grinding, principles of flat179110Grinding, roller brackets for178110Grinding, roller186117Grinding, side15994Grinding, slow speed of cylinder during170105Grinding, striation of teeth16194Grinding, Wellman flat187118HHank, definition of387257Hank, roving calculation of387257Heating of mills1511Heilmann combing machine195122Hetherington’s flat-grinding apparatus181112Hetherington’s Heilmann comber195122Hetherington’s mule352222Hetherington’s production of mule. . .233Hetherington’s setting of flexible bend12166Hetherington’s slow motion172106Hetherington’s trueing apparatus for card12166Higgins’ spindle bearing230152Higginson’s flat grinding apparatus183114Holding-out catch309199Horsfall grinding roller177109Howard and Bullough’s air bars7438Howard and Bullough’s carding engine12770Howard and Bullough’s clip for fillets168102Howard and Bullough’s differential motion248165Howard and Bullough’s electric stop motion223145Howard and Bullough’s electric stop motion263174Howard and Bullough’s production of ring frame. . .259Howard and Bullough’s weft ring frame382253Humidity of mills1510IImportance of cleanliness1611Importance of efficient carding190119Importance of stripping cards188118Imbs’ combing machine205135Inclination of carding roller teeth11256Inclination of spindle in mule280183Increase in production of machine46Indian cotton2213Indicators for mules417292Indicators for slubbing machines417294JJack frame225147Jack shaft241158Jacking361231KKnowles’ revolving flat carding engine12873Knowles’ slow motion175108Knowles and Tatham’s grinding apparatus180111LLap attachment to scutching machine6735Lap, doubling of9752Lap, effect of licker-in on14382Lap, feeding on scutching machine9551Lap, feeding on carding engine10553Lap, selvedges of9952Lap, weight and hank of10052Leaf extractor, Crighton’s7740Leigh’s flexible bend11965Leigh’s loose boss top roller208138Licker-in, action of15085Licker-in, construction of10654Licker-in, setting of13679Licker-in, teeth of15793Lift of roving bobbins233154Lift, amount of233154Lift, reversal of254171Lift, ring rail367236Lift, shortening of roving frame235155Locking lever in mule305196Long collar, Mason’s229152Long lever in mule290189Lord Brothers’ opening machine5831Lord Brothers’ piano feed motion8242Lord Brothers’ scutching machine6835Lord Brothers’ velocity of opening beaters5831MMachine making industry, employment in35Machinery, productive power of46Main driving of mills129Margin between yarn and cotton56Mason’s long collars229152Methods, earlier, of machine construction25Methods, earlier, of machine construction77Methods, modern, of machine construction87Mill, cost of67Mill, construction of modern108Mixing arrangements3520Mixing by machine3721Mixing, principles of3621Mixing, staples of cottons in3822Moisture in cotton2716Mote knives, position and setting14482Mule264176Mule, back shaft driving of284184Mule, back shaft clutch teeth of284187Mule, back shaft disengagement of clutch293190Mule, back shaft scrolls on284187Mule, backing-off, driving of wheel282184Mule, backing-off, effect of282184Mule, backing-off, engagement of clutch299193Mule, backing-off, operation of270177Mule, backing-off, rotation of wheel296190Mule, backing-off, release of clutch312200Mule, backing-off, release of lever301194Mule, backing-off, compression of spring300193Mule, backing-off, tightening motion of chain307198Mule, bands attaching to end frames284187Mule, cam shaft effects, first half turn292190Mule, cam shaft effects, second half turn345218Mule, cam shaft, position of cams on291189Mule, cam shaft, position of ordinary350220Mule, click motion, description of341217Mule, click motion, defects of old342217Mule, click motion, holding out rod, and343217Mule carriage, angularity of yarn during traverse of360229Mule carriage, connection with square278183Mule carriage, construction of278183Mule carriage, extent of traverse of269177Mule carriage, gain of288189Mule carriage, reciprocal motion of269177Mule carriage, relation of rollers to276180Mule cop, chase of317203Mule cop, form of316202Mule cop, layers of yarn in317203Mule cop, paper tubes for316202Mule cop, position of nose of306197Mule copping motion, action of322205Mule copping motion, loose rail in321205Mule copping motion, object of rail308199Mule copping motion, theory of319203Mule copping motion, traverse of plates in320204Mule, Curtis’358228Mule, driving arrangement of bands for281183Mule, driving, back shaft284184Mule, driving, dimensions of pulleys for281183Mule, driving, duplex287188Mule, driving, duplex, dimensions of pulleys for287188Mule, driving, gear of taking-in shaft285187Mule, driving, improved, for taking-in side shaft286188Mule, driving rollers from rim shaft283184Mule, driving scroll shaft285187Mule, driving spindles280183Mule fallers, action of303194Mule fallers, actuating mechanism of winding305196Mule fallers, construction and position of303194Mule fallers, difference in upward and downward traverse of317203Mule fallers, position of winding before unlocking346218Mule fallers, regulating mechanism of counter304195Mule fallers, regulation of unlocking winding346219Mule fallers, release of strain on rods347219Mule, fine yarn361230Mule governing, action of motion338216Mule governing, amount required340216Mule governing, construction of motion337215Mule governing, Dobson and Barlow’s motion354225Mule governing, Dub’s motion356226Mule governing, necessity for336214Mule governing, release of motion339216Mule, Hetherington’s352222Mule, holding out catch mechanism of309199Mule, holding out position during backing-off310200Mule, holding out catch release of313201Mule, holding out rod effect on click motion343217Mule, jacking motion361231Mule, long lever290189Mule, locking lever, position of305196Mule, locking point, relation to cop nose306197Mule, locking taking-in friction309200Mule, Mendoza lever351221Mule, Mendoza locking352222Mule nosing motion, Dobson and Hardman’s353223Mule nosing motion, Platt’s333213Mule nosing peg332213Mule, Platt’s reasons for selecting275179Mule, production of, 1835-189046Mule production, tables of. . .233Mule, primary parts of266176Mule, regulation of releasing motions314201Mule rim shaft, driving bands on281183Mule rim shaft, driving back shaft from284184Mule rim shaft, driving rollers from283184Mule rim shaft, reversal of302194Mule rim shaft, velocity of286188Mule rollers, action of267177Mule rollers, construction of277180Mule rollers, driving of283184Mule rollers, disengagement of clutch294190Mule rollers, engagement of clutch345218Mule scroll, diameters of315202Mule scroll, connection with back shaft315202Mule scroll, driving of shaft285187Mule scroll, position of, on back shaft284189Mule scroll, position of check315202Mule scroll, revolution of shaft315201Mule spindles, attaching roving to268177Mule spindles, construction of280183Mule spindles, dimensions of280183Mule spindles, effect of taper of324206Mule spindles, fitting bands on280183Mule, number of spindles on46Mule, reversal of spindles302194Mule, velocity of spindles280183Mule spinning, definition of spinning264176Mule, stages in working of272178Mule stages, definition of272178Mule stages, end of first289189Mule stages, end of second295190Mule stages, end of third311200Mule stages, end of fourth344218Mule stages, end of fifth288188Mule stages, end of fifth345218Mule stages, end of sixth273179Mule stages, varying operation of parts during274179Mule strap guide, lever mechanism of297193Mule strap guide, mode of releasing298193Mule strap guide, release of295190Mule strap guide, re-locking, &c.345218Mule, taking-in, action of back shaft during315202Mule, taking-in, locking of clutch309200Mule, taking-in, position of clutch during backing off310200Mule, taking-in, release of clutch313201Mule, taking-in, speed of carriage during315202Mule, Threlfall’s fine362231Mule, twist yarn produced363232Mule, tin roller, construction of279183Mule, tin roller, driving of331212Mule winding, action at end of271178Mule winding, acceleration of velocity during329210Mule winding, application of theory329210Mule winding, connection of chain with tin roller331212Mule winding, construction of quadrant mechanism330210Mule winding, chain tightening motion333213Mule winding, chain rewinding on scroll348219Mule winding, difference in velocity of323206Mule winding, effect of taper of spindle on324206Mule winding, elevation of initial point of318203Mule winding, mode of rotating quadrant screw335214Mule winding, position of parts during271177Mule winding, theory of325208Mule winding, theory of action of quadrant arm328209Mule, weft yarn363232Mule, waste spinning364232NNeps, removal of15085Nipper guard201130Nipper, Dobson and Barlow’s203134Nosing motion, Dobson and Barlow’s353223Nosing motion, Platt’s333213Nosing peg332213Number of doublings in drawing216143Number of persons employed36Number of roving machines for various counts225147Number of spindles at work35OOpening, conditions of, successful4223Opening, mode of4123Opening, object of4023Opening machine, combination with mixing room6332Opening machine, construction of dust trunks for6432Opening machine, conveyance of cotton to6332Opening machine, Crighton’s5329Opening machine, Dobson and Barlow’s4725Opening machine, distance between beater arms and grid5931Opening machine, double fans in5228Opening machine, essential features of4323Opening machine, forms of4424Opening machine, Lord Brothers’ combined5831Opening machine, lubrication of footstep in5731Opening machine, pitch of projections on grid6032Opening machine, Platt’s5228Opening machine, Platt’s improved dust trunks for6533Opening machine, porcupine rollers for4826Opening machine, porcupine position and speed of4927Opening machine, porcupine used as feed5027Opening machine, position of dust trunks6432Opening machine, position of fans5429Opening machine, production of Crighton5932Opening machine, shape of grids5630Opening machines, Taylor, Lang and Co.’s4624Opening machines, velocity of beaters in5530Opening machines, velocity of beaters in Lord’s5831Operation of twist wheel in roving machine241158PPaley’s traverse motion261173Parallelisation of fibres in carding15186Persons employed35Pedal motion, Asa Lees9147Pedal motion, Howard and Bullough’s8644Pedal motion, Platt’s8846Pedal motion, Lord’s8242Pedal motion, operation of8443Pedal motion, with rollers8544Pinel. Lecœur, and Hetherington’s combing machine205135Pitch of drawing frame rollers210141Plate wheel, action of244162Plate wheel, driving of246163Plate wheel, relative velocity of246164Platt’s carding machine12267Platt’s dust trunks6533Platt’s flat grinding apparatus184116Platt’s flexible bend setting12267Platt’s full can stop motion221145Platt’s inspection of carding setting13779Platt’s mule275169Platt’s opening machine5228Platt’s scutching machine8846Pneumatic conveyance of cotton6232Polishing machines for thread402274Porcupine rollers, construction of4826Porcupine rollers, position and speed of4927Porcupine rollers used as feed5027Preparation of card fillets16496Preparation of card slivers192120Principles of flat grinding179111Principles of mixing3621Principles of setting card teeth15893Principles of twisting234154Production of mule spindles, 1835-9046Production, tables of mule. . .233Production of polishing machines402274Production of roving machines. . .175Production of spooling machines403281Productive power of machinery46Pugh’s under-clearer spring226148QQuick traverse winding machines, Brooks’401273Quick traverse, Dobson and Barlow401273Quick traverse, Hetherington’s401273RReeling machines, construction of390262Reeling machines, doffing motions394266Reeling machines, formation of hanks on391265Reeling machines, Guest and Brooks’ skeining motion395266Reeling machines, seven lea motion392265Ribbon lap machine194121Rigidity of machine framing87Ring doubling machine, English system384284Ring doubling machine, manufacture of thread on385257Ring doubling machine, Scotch system384254Ring spinning machine, angularity of roller brackets370240Ring spinning machine, Asa Lees’ rope driving383254Ring spinning machine, ballooning in378248Ring spinning machine, balloon guards378249Ring spinning machine, Bee spindle374246Ring spinning machine, Bernhardt’s anti-balloon guide378249Ring spinning machine, Booth Sawyer spindle371241Ring spinning machine, centrifugal action of traveller377248Ring spinning machine, common spindle371240Ring spinning machine, construction of367234Ring spinning machine, concentricity of ring and spindle371240Ring spinning machine, Coulthard’s double ring375246Ring spinning machine, definition of ring spinning366234Ring spinning machine, diameter of rings375246Ring spinning machine, diameter of front rollers383254Ring spinning machine, differential drag of traveller379250Ring spinning machine, Dobson Marsh spindle372242Ring spinning machine, Dodd spindle374245Ring spinning machine, early use of368239Ring spinning machine, effect of weight of traveller378249Ring spinning machine, elastic spindles373242Ring spinning machine, form of travellers for bare spindles381252Ring spinning machine, frictional resistance of traveller377248Ring spinning machine, gauge of spindles383254Ring spinning machine, Howard and Bullough’s weft382253Ring spinning machine, influence of weight of traveller377248Ring spinning machine, Lancaster’s system of weft381252Ring spinning machine, lift of ring rail367236Ring spinning machine, lift of spindles383254Ring spinning machine, loss of twist in380251Ring spinning machine, manufacture of rings375246Ring spinning machine, Platt’s bare spindle382252Ring spinning machine, Rabbeth spindle372241Ring spinning machine, self-contained spindles372241Ring spinning machine, spinning on bare spindles379250Ring spinning machine, tables of production. . .259Ring spinning machine, tables of power. . .260Ring spinning machine, unsteady running spindles373242Ring spinning machine, velocity of spindles373242Ring spinning machine, Whitin gravity spindles374242Rollers, bale breaker3319Rollers, calender10955Rollers, cloth pasting machine407282Rollers, construction of406282Rollers, covering machines for409284Rollers, drawing frame208138Rollers, ending machines for409284Rollers, grinding186117Rollers, grinding machines for finished411287Rollers, grinding machine for skins408283Rollers, inclination of teeth on11360Rollers, jointing of406282Rollers, pitch of centres of210141Rollers, relieving motion for213142Rollers, rolling machine for410284Rollers, size of224146Rollers, splicing machine for408283Rollers, velocity of209138Rollers, velocity of224146Ropes, speed of driving1310Rope driving1310Rope driving for scutchers, Asa Lees’9148Rope driving for scutchers, Platt’s8745Roving machines, action of building motion252168Roving machines, action of plate wheel244162Roving machines, action of ratchet wheel257171Roving machines, amount of lift233154Roving machines, building motion for250166Roving machines, clearers for226148Roving machines, construction of226147Roving machines, construction of building motion251167Roving machines, construction of collars229152Roving machines, construction of differential motion243161Roving machines, construction of speed cones249166Roving machines, construction of spindles227148Roving machines, cone motion for242158Roving machines, Curtis and Rhodes’ motion247164Roving machines, definition of lead in237156Roving machines, difference in bobbin and flyer leads240158Roving machines, effect of winding in235155Roving machines, effect of diminishing rod255171Roving machines, effect of ratchet wheel change259172Roving machines, Higgins’ bearing for spindles of230152Roving machines, Howard and Bullough’s electric stop motion263174Roving machines, jack frame225147Roving machines, locking motion260173Roving machines, Mason’s long collar229152Roving machines, method of driving bobbins232153Roving machines, method of giving lift233154Roving machines, method of driving spindles and rollers241158Roving machines, method of driving plate wheel246163Roving machines, necessity for225147Roving machines, necessity for retardation of bobbin238157Roving machines, number employed225147Roving machines, number of rollers in226147Roving machines, object of building motion250166Roving machines, object of creel226148Roving machines, operation of twist wheel241158Roving machines, Paley’s traverse motion261173Roving machines, principles of reducing bobbin speed239157Roving machines, principles of reducing flyer speed240157Roving machines, twisting234154Roving machines, winding236155Roving machine, Pugh’s under-clearer for226148Roving machine, pressers attachment of228148Roving machine, reasons for bobbin lead237156Roving machine, releasing motion256171Roving machine, relation of strap and diminishing rod258172Roving machine, relative velocity of plate wheel246164Roving machine, reversal of lift254171Roving machine, setting of spindles227148Roving machine, shape of speed cones249166Roving machine, shortening of lift in235155Roving machine, size of rollers226148Roving machine, spindle speeds234155Roving machine, table of production. . .175Roving machine, theory of action of differential motion244162Roving machine, Tweedale’s differential motion248165Roving machine, velocity of wheels246164Roving machine, weighting of rollers226148SScutching machine, Asa Lees’ pedal motion9147Scutching machine, Asa Lees’ rope driving9248Scutching machine, character of beater blow6937Scutching machine, combinations of9348Scutching machine combined with mixing9350Scutching machine, conditions of successful working9451Scutching machine, construction of air passages7941Scutching machine, construction of beaters6836Scutching machine, construction of feed rollers and pedals8544Scutching machine, Crighton’s cages7639Scutching machine, Crighton’s leaf extractor7740Scutching machine, distance of dead plate from beater sheet7739Scutching machine, Dobson and Barlow’s pedal motion9047Scutching machine, doubling of laps in feeding9752Scutching machine, draught of9852Scutching machine, drawing action of rollers8544Scutching machine, effect of dead plate on air current8041Scutching machine, Howard and Bullough’s airbars7438Scutching machine, Howard and Bullough’s pedal bowls8644Scutching machine, importance of balancing beaters6836Scutching machine, lap attachment6735Scutching machine, lap feeding of9551Scutching machine, lap even selvedge of9952Scutching machine, lap weight and hank of10052Scutching machine, Lord’s6835Scutching machine, Lord’s piano feed8242Scutching machine, number of workpeople required for10252Scutching machine, object of6635Scutching machine, operation of piano feed8443Scutching machine, Platt’s dead plate8141Scutching machine, Platt’s pedal motion8846Scutching machine, Platt’s rope driving8745Scutching machine, position of grids7237Scutching machine, position of dead plate7539Scutching machine, pulsations of beater7037Scutching machine, setting of grid bars7338Scutching machine, two or three winged beaters6936Scutching machine, velocity of air current7840Scutching machine, velocity of beaters6936Scutching machine, velocity of cones8342Sea Island cotton1813Selvedges in carding12066Selvedge, opener5228Selvedge, scutcher9952Setting brackets for rollers11360Setting card covers14582Setting card cylinders12974Setting card pedestals14885Setting, character of card13378Setting, effect of Wellman flats14181Setting flats13277Setting flats, theory of1864Setting flats, Wellman14081Setting flexible bend11965Setting licker-in and doffer13679Setting mote knives14182Setting, Platt’s inspection of13779Setting teeth in clothing15692Setting under casings14482Seven lea motion392265Shape of card teeth15994Shortening lift in roving machines235155Side grinding of card teeth15994Side grinding, defects of16094Side grinding, improved16295Side grinding, striation of teeth by16194Size of driving rollers224146Size of driving ropes1410Size of roving rollers226148Skeining motion395266Slivers, definition of10855Slivers, doubling of193121Slivers, doubling of215143Slivers, cans for405282Sliver lap machine193121Slow motion, Sykes’171105Slow motion, Hetherington’s172106Slow motion, Brooks’174107Slow motion, Knowles’175108Slubbing machine225147Slubs, production of212142Speed cones, construction of249166Speed cones, shape of249166Speed of combing machine200129Speed of belts and ropes1310Speed of roving spindles234155Spindles, comparative speed of98Spindles, construction of roving227148Spindles, number at work35Spindles, setting of227148Spooling machine403278Spooling, production of403281Standard Spinning Co’s Mill. . .298Staple, definition of1712Staple, effect in drawing210141Starch pump415295Steam engines, types of118Stop motion drawing frame219144Stop motion winding frame398271Stripping, method of189119TTable of production of roving frame. . .175Table of production of mule. . .233Table of production of ring frame. . .259Tables of power for ring frame. . .260Taylor Lang’s opening machine4624Teeth, carding, setting of15692Teeth, carding, licker in15793Teeth, carding, principles of setting15893Teeth, carding, side grinding16094Testing flexible bend11965Testing heel in flats11762Theisen’s condenser119Theory of differential motion244162Theory of mule winding325208Transmission of power by belts129Transmission, loss in1310Twist in yarn, rule387258Twist wheel in roving frames241158UUnder casings for carding machine14482Under clearer for roving machine226148VVelocity of beater in opener5530Velocity of beater in scutcher6936Velocity of carding cylinders10754Velocity of carding cylinders during grinding170105Velocity of doffer10854Velocity of doffer comb10854Velocity of main driving belts1310Velocity of main driving ropes1310Velocity of porcupine cylinders4927Velocity of rollers of drawing frame209138Velocity of rollers of ring frame. . .259Velocity of spindles in roving machines234155Velocity of spindles in mule280183Velocity of spindles in ring frame373242Velocity of wheels in differential246164WWaste from combing machine206136Wellman carding machine13879Width of lap for combing machine194121Whiteley’s clip166101Whiteley’s fillet winding machine16596Whiteley’s side-ground teeth16295Willow, The4524Workpeople employed in machine making35Wrap reel415294YYarn, counts of387257Yarn testers416292
Acceleration of winding velocity in mule
Action of building motion in roving machines
Action of building ratchet wheel in roving machines
Action of combing machine
Action of copping mechanism
Action of mule at end of draw
Action of fallers in mule
Action of plate wheel in roving machines
Action of rollers of mule
Advantages of rotation of backing-off wheel
Air current, conveyance of cotton by
Air current, effect of passages on
Air current in scutchers, velocity of
American cotton
Amount of lift in roving machines
Angularity of brackets in ring frames
Angularity of thread in mules
Asa Lees and Company’s rope driving for ring frames
Asa Lees and Company’s rope driving for scutchers
Ashworth Brothers’ cylinder setting
Ashworth Brothers’ cylinder driving
Ashworth Brothers’ revolving flat carding machine
Attachment of cards to cylinders and doffers
Attachment of cards to flats by rivets
Attachment of cards to flats by sewing
Attachment of cards to flats by clips
Attachment of carriage end frame bands
Attachment of pressers
Attachment of roving to mule spindles
Back shaft connection with scroll shaft
Back shaft connection of quadrant with
Back shaft clutch, shape of teeth
Back shaft clutch, disengagement of
Back shaft, driving of
Back shaft, driving of, ordinary method
Back shaft, position of scrolls
Backing-off chain, tightening motion
Backing-off clutch, engagement of
Backing-off clutch, release of
Backing-off, compression of spring
Backing-off, constant rotation of wheel
Backing-off, driving of wheel
Backing-off, effect of driving wheel
Backing-off lever, release of
Backing-off, operation of
Backing-off, holding out catch during
Backing-off, parts at end of
Bale breaker
Bale breaker, construction of rollers
Bale breaker, Dobson and Barlow’s
Bale breaker, draught of
Baling of cotton
Balling machines
Bands, check
Bands, tension of spindle
Bands, mule end frame
Bands, course of rim
Beaters, balancing scutcher
Beaters, blow of
Beaters, construction of scutcher
Beaters, space between grid and arms of
Beaters, pulsations of
Beaters, two and three winged
Beaters, velocity of opener
Beaters, velocity of Lord’s opener
Beaters, velocity of scutcher
Bearings, Higgins’ roving spindle
Belts, main driving speeds
Bend, Mason’s concentric
Bend, Dobson and Barlow’s
Bend, easy adjustment of flexible
Bend, Hetherington’s setting of
Bend, Hetherington’s trueing of
Bend, Howard and Bullough’s
Bend, Knowles’
Bend, Legh’s flexible
Bend, Platt’s flexible
Bend, Platt’s inspection of setting of
Bend, position of flexible
Bend, setting brackets for
Bend, setting flexible
Bend, theory of flexible
Bobbins, coated
Bobbins, doubling and throstle
Bobbins, driving roving
Bobbins, lead, reasons for
Bobbins, lift of
Bobbins and flyer leads
Bobbins, principle of driving roving
Bobbins, retardation of roving
Bobbins, ring frame
Bobbins, roving
Bobbins, Sidebotham’s patent
Brazilian cotton
Brooks’ adjustment of flats in card
Brooks’ drawing machine
Brooks’ ring spinning machine
Brooks’ revolving flat card
Brooks’ slow motion for card
Building motion, action of
Building motion, construction of
Building motion, objects of
Building motion, reversal of lift by
Building motion, roving frame
Bundling press
Cages, Crighton’s construction of
Cages, position of
Calender rollers of carding engines
Calculation of counts
Calculation of hank roving
Cam shaft, effect of first half turn of
Cam shaft, effect of second half turn of
Cam shaft, ordinary position of
Cam shaft, position of cams on
Cans, arrangement in drawing machine
Cans, Bridge’s corrugated
Cans, Platt’s full stop motion
Cans, position in coiler
Cans, sliver
Carding, importance of
Card clothing, attachment to flats by rivets
Card clothing, attachment to flats by sewing
Card clothing, attachment to flats by clips
Card clothing, attachment to flats by Platt’s clip
Card clothing, construction of foundation
Card clothing, counts of wire
Card clothing, counts used
Card clothing, defects of side grinding
Card clothing, deflection of flats
Card clothing, desirability of light grinding
Card clothing, improved side grinding
Card clothing, machine for winding fillets
Card clothing, manufacture of fillets
Card clothing, mode of attaching fillets
Card clothing, Platt’s fastener for
Card clothing, preparation before fixing
Card clothing, principles of setting
Card clothing, setting teeth
Card clothing, shape of teeth
Card clothing, side grinding of teeth
Card clothing, striation of teeth
Card clothing, teeth of licker-in
Card clothing, Tweedale’s clip for
Card grinding, best speed of cylinder
Card grinding, Brooks’ slow motion for
Card grinding, construction of brackets
Card grinding, Dronsfield’s emery fillets
Card grinding, Edge’s flat apparatus
Card grinding, Hetherington’s flat apparatus
Card grinding, Hetherington’s slow motion
Card grinding, Higginson’s flat apparatus
Card grinding, Horsfall roller
Card grinding, Knowles’ and Tatham’s flat apparatus
Card grinding, Knowles’ slow motion
Card grinding, machine for rollers
Card grinding, machine for Wellman flats
Card grinding, Platt’s flat apparatus
Card grinding, principles of flat
Card grinding, rollers used in
Card grinding, Sykes’ slow motion
Carding machine, action of cylinder
Carding machine, action of licker-in
Carding machine, Ashworth’s
Carding machine, Ashworth’s cylinder setting
Carding machine, Ashworth’s driving
Carding machine, Ashworth’s setting of pedestals
Carding machine, attenuation of fleece
Carding machine, Brook’s
Carding machine, Brook’s adjustment of flats
Carding machine, condition of fibres
Carding machine, construction of bend
Carding machine, construction of calender rolls
Carding machine, construction of coiler
Carding machine, construction of cylinder
Carding machine, construction of dish feed
Carding machine, construction of doffer
Carding machine, construction of doffer comb
Carding machine, construction of licker-in
Carding machine, construction of pedestals
Carding machine, construction of setting brackets
Carding machine, construction theory of bend
Carding machine, character of working settings
Carding machine, development of
Carding machine, Dobson and Barlow’s
Carding machine, Dobson and Barlow’s covers for
Carding machine, Dobson and Barlow’s pedestal setting
Carding machine, driving of parts of
Carding machine, driving of rollers
Carding machine, ease of flexible bend adjustment
Carding machine, effect of licker-in
Carding machine, feeding laps
Carding machine, Hetherington’s setting of bend
Carding machine, Hetherington’s trueing apparatus
Carding machine, Howard and Bullough’s
Carding machine, Howard and Bullough’s pedestal setting
Carding machine, inclination of teeth on rollers
Carding machine, Knowles’s
Carding machine, Leigh’s flexible bend
Carding machine, method of setting flats
Carding machine, movement of cylinder centre
Carding machine, object of
Carding machine, Platt’s bend setting
Carding machine, Platt’s inspection of setting
Carding machine, position of chain attachment
Carding machine, position of flexible bend
Carding machine, position of mote knives
Carding machine, position of under casings
Carding machine, removal of neps and short fibre
Carding machine, revolving flat
Carding machine, revolving, adjusting heel of flats
Carding machine, revolving, construction of flats
Carding machine, revolving, mode of shaping flats
Carding machine, revolving, number of flats
Carding machine, revolving, testing flats
Carding machine, roller and clearer
Carding machine, roller dirt stripper
Carding machine, setting flexible bend
Carding machine, setting licker-in and doffer
Carding machine, ultimate draught
Carding machine, velocity of cylinder
Carding machine, velocity of doffer
Carding machine, velocity of doffer comb
Carding machine, velocity of rollers
Carding machine, velocity of Wellman
Carding machine, Wellman
Carding machine, Wellman, Dobson, and Barlow’s
Carding machine, Wellman, effect of setting of flats
Carding machine, Wellman, future of
Carding machine, Wellman, principles of
Carding machine, Wellman, setting flats of
Card stripping, importance of
Card stripping, method of
Card stripping, reasons for
Capital employed in spinning
Carriage of mule, connection with square
Carriage of mule, construction of
Carriage of mule, gain of
Carriage of mule, improved slips for
Carriage of mule, reciprocal motion of
Chain attachment to flats
Chain, backing-off tightening
Chain, winding
Chain, winding tightening motion
Cleanliness, importance of
Clearers for drawing frames
Clearers, Dobson and Barlow’s
Clearers, Ermen’s revolving
Clearers, roving frames
Clearers, rollers of carding engines
Click motion
Click motion, defects of old
Click motion, holding out rod and
Coiler, construction of
Collars, Mason’s long
Combined opening machines, Dobson and Barlow’s
Combined opening machines, Platt’s
Combined opening machines, Lord’s
Combined mixing, opening, and scutching
Combined opening and scutching
Combing machine, action of
Combing machine, combing cylinder
Combing machine, detaching mechanism
Combing machine, Dobson and Barlow’s
Combing machine, Imbs’
Combing machine, nippers of, Dobson & Barlow’s
Combing machine, nipper guard
Combing machine, preparation of sliver for
Combing machine, Pinel, Lecœur, & Hetherington’s
Combing machine, speed of
Combing machine, waste from
Comparative spindle speeds
Condenser, Theisen’s patent
Cones, Asa Lees’ driving for
Cones, Platt’s driving for
Cones, roving frame
Cones, scutching machine velocity
Cones, shape of
Cones, speed
Construction of combing cylinder
Construction of drawing machine
Construction of roving frames
Constructive methods, early
Constructive methods, modern
Cops, chase of
Cops, form of
Cops, layers of yarn in
Cops, paper tubes for
Cops, winding traverse in building
Copping motion, action of
Copping motion, loose copping rail
Copping motion, object of rail
Copping motion, theory of
Copping motion, traverse of plates
Cotton, American
Cotton, Brazilian
Cotton, cleaning of
Cotton, commercial qualities
Cotton, Egyptian
Cotton gin
Cotton, Indian
Cotton, mixing
Cotton, Sea Island
Cotton fibre, structure of
Cotton fibre, strength of
Cotton mill, cost of
Cotton, pneumatic conveyance of
Cotton spinning industry
Counts of yarn, definition of
Counts of wire, how calculated
Counts of wire commonly used
Creel, roving machine
Crighton opening machine
Crighton opening, combined
Crighton opening, double
Crighton opening, distance of grids
Crighton opening, lubrication of footsteps
Crighton opening, position of fans
Crighton opening, production of
Crighton opening, shape of grids
Curtis and Rhodes’ differential motion
Curtis’ mule
Dead plate in scutching machine
Dead plate, effect of position of
Dead plate, Platt’s arrangement of
Dead plate, position of
Definition of lead
Deflection of flats
Detaching mechanism of combers
Development of carding machine
Differential motion, action of plate wheel in
Differential motion, Curtis and Rhodes’
Differential motion, mode of driving plate wheel
Differential motion of roving machines
Differential motion, relative velocity of plate wheel
Differential motion, theory of
Differential motion, Tweedale’s
Dirt roller of carding engine
Dobson and Barlow’s bale breaker
Dobson and Barlow’s combing machine
Dobson and Barlow’s covers for carding engines
Dobson and Barlow’s detaching mechanism
Dobson and Barlow’s governing motion
Dobson and Barlow’s nosing motion
Dobson and Barlow’s opening machine
Dobson and Barlow’s revolving flat card
Dobson and Barlow’s setting cylinders
Dobson and Barlow’s under casings
Dobson and Barlow’s Wellman machine
Doffer, carding machine
Doffer, velocity of
Doffer comb
Doffing motion for reels
Double fans in opening machines
Doubling of laps in scutchers
Doubling machine
Doubling winding machine, objects of
Doubling winding machine, Stubbs’
Draught of bale breaker
Draught of carding machine
Draught in drawing machine
Draught, effect of
Draught of machines, definition
Draught of scutching machine
Draught of scutching where occurring
Drawing machine, arrangement of sliver cans
Drawing machine, Brooks’ stop motion
Drawing machine, centres of rollers
Drawing machine, clearers for
Drawing machine, construction of
Drawing machine, deliveries of
Drawing machine, Dobson and Barlow’s, clearer for
Drawing machine, draughts in
Drawing machine, driving rollers of
Drawing machine, doubling of slivers in
Drawing machine, effect of doubling in
Drawing machine, effect of staple
Drawing machine, Ermen’s revolving clearer
Drawing machine, essential features in
Drawing machine, Howard and Bullough’s electric stop motion
Drawing machine, Leigh’s loose boss rollers
Drawing machine, number of doublings
Drawing machine, number of doublings permissible
Drawing machine, objects of
Drawing machine, Platt’s full can stop motion
Drawing machine, reasons for stop motion
Drawing machine, rollers for
Drawing machine, roller laps
Drawing machine, roller relieving motion
Drawing machine, size of rollers
Drawing machine, slubs
Drawing machine, velocity of rollers
Drawing machine, velocity of rollers
Driving, Ashworth’s, of carding machine
Driving belts, speed of
Driving bobbins of roving machine
Driving carding engines
Driving rollers and clearers
Driving rollers of roving machine
Driving ropes, size and speed of
Driving, spindles of roving machine
Dronsfield’s emery fillets
Dronsfield’s roller covering machine
Dub’s governing motion
Duplex driving of mules
Dust trunks, construction of
Dust trunks, Platt Brothers
Dust trunks, position of
Dust trunks, use of
Early inventions
Edge’s flat grinding apparatus
Egyptian cotton
Elephant opener
Engines, steam, types of
Ermen’s revolving clearer
Essential features of drawing frames
Extent of machine making trade
Fans in opening machine
Feed motion dish for carding engine
Feed motion dish for carding engine
Feed motion, Lord’s piano
Feed motion, cones in scutching
Feed motion, velocity of cones in scutching
Feed rollers, draught of
Feed rollers, drawing action of
Feed rollers, scutcher
Feeding carding machines
Feeding scutching machines from laps
Fibres, position in fleece
Fillets attaching to cylinders
Fillets attaching to flats
Fillets, Dronsfield’s emery
Fillets, foundation for card
Fillets, manufacture of card
Fillets, Platt’s fastener for
Fillets, preparation of
Fillets, setting teeth in
Fillets, Tweedale’s clip for card
Fillets, winding on
Fillets, Whiteley’s clip for card
Flats, adjustment of heel in
Flats, attaching chain to
Flats, attaching clothing to
Flats, Brooks’ adjustment of
Flats, character of working setting
Flats, construction of
Flats, deflection of
Flats, Edge’s grinding apparatus for
Flats, Hetherington’s grinding apparatus for
Flats, Higginson’s grinding apparatus for
Flats, Knowles’ grinding apparatus for
Flats, number of
Flats, Platt’s grinding apparatus
Flats, Platt’s inspecting device for
Flats, shaping
Flats, setting
Flats, setting, Wellman
Flats, testing heel of
Flyers, attachment of pressers to
Flyers, construction of roving
Flyers, lead of
Flyers, retardation of
Gassing machine
Gauge of spindles in roving machines
Gin, cotton
Gin, Macarthy cotton
Grids, Howard and Bullough’s air bars for
Grids, pitch of projections on
Grids, position in opening machine
Grids, position in scutching machine
Grids, shape of opening machine
Grids, setting bars in
Grinding, defects of side
Grinding, desirability of light
Grinding, Horsfall roller for
Grinding, improved side
Grinding, principles of flat
Grinding, roller brackets for
Grinding, roller
Grinding, side
Grinding, slow speed of cylinder during
Grinding, striation of teeth
Grinding, Wellman flat
Hank, definition of
Hank, roving calculation of
Heating of mills
Heilmann combing machine
Hetherington’s flat-grinding apparatus
Hetherington’s Heilmann comber
Hetherington’s mule
Hetherington’s production of mule
Hetherington’s setting of flexible bend
Hetherington’s slow motion
Hetherington’s trueing apparatus for card
Higgins’ spindle bearing
Higginson’s flat grinding apparatus
Holding-out catch
Horsfall grinding roller
Howard and Bullough’s air bars
Howard and Bullough’s carding engine
Howard and Bullough’s clip for fillets
Howard and Bullough’s differential motion
Howard and Bullough’s electric stop motion
Howard and Bullough’s electric stop motion
Howard and Bullough’s production of ring frame
Howard and Bullough’s weft ring frame
Humidity of mills
Importance of cleanliness
Importance of efficient carding
Importance of stripping cards
Imbs’ combing machine
Inclination of carding roller teeth
Inclination of spindle in mule
Increase in production of machine
Indian cotton
Indicators for mules
Indicators for slubbing machines
Jack frame
Jack shaft
Jacking
Knowles’ revolving flat carding engine
Knowles’ slow motion
Knowles and Tatham’s grinding apparatus
Lap attachment to scutching machine
Lap, doubling of
Lap, effect of licker-in on
Lap, feeding on scutching machine
Lap, feeding on carding engine
Lap, selvedges of
Lap, weight and hank of
Leaf extractor, Crighton’s
Leigh’s flexible bend
Leigh’s loose boss top roller
Licker-in, action of
Licker-in, construction of
Licker-in, setting of
Licker-in, teeth of
Lift of roving bobbins
Lift, amount of
Lift, reversal of
Lift, ring rail
Lift, shortening of roving frame
Locking lever in mule
Long collar, Mason’s
Long lever in mule
Lord Brothers’ opening machine
Lord Brothers’ piano feed motion
Lord Brothers’ scutching machine
Lord Brothers’ velocity of opening beaters
Machine making industry, employment in
Machinery, productive power of
Main driving of mills
Margin between yarn and cotton
Mason’s long collars
Methods, earlier, of machine construction
Methods, earlier, of machine construction
Methods, modern, of machine construction
Mill, cost of
Mill, construction of modern
Mixing arrangements
Mixing by machine
Mixing, principles of
Mixing, staples of cottons in
Moisture in cotton
Mote knives, position and setting
Mule
Mule, back shaft driving of
Mule, back shaft clutch teeth of
Mule, back shaft disengagement of clutch
Mule, back shaft scrolls on
Mule, backing-off, driving of wheel
Mule, backing-off, effect of
Mule, backing-off, engagement of clutch
Mule, backing-off, operation of
Mule, backing-off, rotation of wheel
Mule, backing-off, release of clutch
Mule, backing-off, release of lever
Mule, backing-off, compression of spring
Mule, backing-off, tightening motion of chain
Mule, bands attaching to end frames
Mule, cam shaft effects, first half turn
Mule, cam shaft effects, second half turn
Mule, cam shaft, position of cams on
Mule, cam shaft, position of ordinary
Mule, click motion, description of
Mule, click motion, defects of old
Mule, click motion, holding out rod, and
Mule carriage, angularity of yarn during traverse of
Mule carriage, connection with square
Mule carriage, construction of
Mule carriage, extent of traverse of
Mule carriage, gain of
Mule carriage, reciprocal motion of
Mule carriage, relation of rollers to
Mule cop, chase of
Mule cop, form of
Mule cop, layers of yarn in
Mule cop, paper tubes for
Mule cop, position of nose of
Mule copping motion, action of
Mule copping motion, loose rail in
Mule copping motion, object of rail
Mule copping motion, theory of
Mule copping motion, traverse of plates in
Mule, Curtis’
Mule, driving arrangement of bands for
Mule, driving, back shaft
Mule, driving, dimensions of pulleys for
Mule, driving, duplex
Mule, driving, duplex, dimensions of pulleys for
Mule, driving, gear of taking-in shaft
Mule, driving, improved, for taking-in side shaft
Mule, driving rollers from rim shaft
Mule, driving scroll shaft
Mule, driving spindles
Mule fallers, action of
Mule fallers, actuating mechanism of winding
Mule fallers, construction and position of
Mule fallers, difference in upward and downward traverse of
Mule fallers, position of winding before unlocking
Mule fallers, regulating mechanism of counter
Mule fallers, regulation of unlocking winding
Mule fallers, release of strain on rods
Mule, fine yarn
Mule governing, action of motion
Mule governing, amount required
Mule governing, construction of motion
Mule governing, Dobson and Barlow’s motion
Mule governing, Dub’s motion
Mule governing, necessity for
Mule governing, release of motion
Mule, Hetherington’s
Mule, holding out catch mechanism of
Mule, holding out position during backing-off
Mule, holding out catch release of
Mule, holding out rod effect on click motion
Mule, jacking motion
Mule, long lever
Mule, locking lever, position of
Mule, locking point, relation to cop nose
Mule, locking taking-in friction
Mule, Mendoza lever
Mule, Mendoza locking
Mule nosing motion, Dobson and Hardman’s
Mule nosing motion, Platt’s
Mule nosing peg
Mule, Platt’s reasons for selecting
Mule, production of, 1835-1890
Mule production, tables of
Mule, primary parts of
Mule, regulation of releasing motions
Mule rim shaft, driving bands on
Mule rim shaft, driving back shaft from
Mule rim shaft, driving rollers from
Mule rim shaft, reversal of
Mule rim shaft, velocity of
Mule rollers, action of
Mule rollers, construction of
Mule rollers, driving of
Mule rollers, disengagement of clutch
Mule rollers, engagement of clutch
Mule scroll, diameters of
Mule scroll, connection with back shaft
Mule scroll, driving of shaft
Mule scroll, position of, on back shaft
Mule scroll, position of check
Mule scroll, revolution of shaft
Mule spindles, attaching roving to
Mule spindles, construction of
Mule spindles, dimensions of
Mule spindles, effect of taper of
Mule spindles, fitting bands on
Mule, number of spindles on
Mule, reversal of spindles
Mule, velocity of spindles
Mule spinning, definition of spinning
Mule, stages in working of
Mule stages, definition of
Mule stages, end of first
Mule stages, end of second
Mule stages, end of third
Mule stages, end of fourth
Mule stages, end of fifth
Mule stages, end of fifth
Mule stages, end of sixth
Mule stages, varying operation of parts during
Mule strap guide, lever mechanism of
Mule strap guide, mode of releasing
Mule strap guide, release of
Mule strap guide, re-locking, &c.
Mule, taking-in, action of back shaft during
Mule, taking-in, locking of clutch
Mule, taking-in, position of clutch during backing off
Mule, taking-in, release of clutch
Mule, taking-in, speed of carriage during
Mule, Threlfall’s fine
Mule, twist yarn produced
Mule, tin roller, construction of
Mule, tin roller, driving of
Mule winding, action at end of
Mule winding, acceleration of velocity during
Mule winding, application of theory
Mule winding, connection of chain with tin roller
Mule winding, construction of quadrant mechanism
Mule winding, chain tightening motion
Mule winding, chain rewinding on scroll
Mule winding, difference in velocity of
Mule winding, effect of taper of spindle on
Mule winding, elevation of initial point of
Mule winding, mode of rotating quadrant screw
Mule winding, position of parts during
Mule winding, theory of
Mule winding, theory of action of quadrant arm
Mule, weft yarn
Mule, waste spinning
Neps, removal of
Nipper guard
Nipper, Dobson and Barlow’s
Nosing motion, Dobson and Barlow’s
Nosing motion, Platt’s
Nosing peg
Number of doublings in drawing
Number of persons employed
Number of roving machines for various counts
Number of spindles at work
Opening, conditions of, successful
Opening, mode of
Opening, object of
Opening machine, combination with mixing room
Opening machine, construction of dust trunks for
Opening machine, conveyance of cotton to
Opening machine, Crighton’s
Opening machine, Dobson and Barlow’s
Opening machine, distance between beater arms and grid
Opening machine, double fans in
Opening machine, essential features of
Opening machine, forms of
Opening machine, Lord Brothers’ combined
Opening machine, lubrication of footstep in
Opening machine, pitch of projections on grid
Opening machine, Platt’s
Opening machine, Platt’s improved dust trunks for
Opening machine, porcupine rollers for
Opening machine, porcupine position and speed of
Opening machine, porcupine used as feed
Opening machine, position of dust trunks
Opening machine, position of fans
Opening machine, production of Crighton
Opening machine, shape of grids
Opening machines, Taylor, Lang and Co.’s
Opening machines, velocity of beaters in
Opening machines, velocity of beaters in Lord’s
Operation of twist wheel in roving machine
Paley’s traverse motion
Parallelisation of fibres in carding
Persons employed
Pedal motion, Asa Lees
Pedal motion, Howard and Bullough’s
Pedal motion, Platt’s
Pedal motion, Lord’s
Pedal motion, operation of
Pedal motion, with rollers
Pinel. Lecœur, and Hetherington’s combing machine
Pitch of drawing frame rollers
Plate wheel, action of
Plate wheel, driving of
Plate wheel, relative velocity of
Platt’s carding machine
Platt’s dust trunks
Platt’s flat grinding apparatus
Platt’s flexible bend setting
Platt’s full can stop motion
Platt’s inspection of carding setting
Platt’s mule
Platt’s opening machine
Platt’s scutching machine
Pneumatic conveyance of cotton
Polishing machines for thread
Porcupine rollers, construction of
Porcupine rollers, position and speed of
Porcupine rollers used as feed
Preparation of card fillets
Preparation of card slivers
Principles of flat grinding
Principles of mixing
Principles of setting card teeth
Principles of twisting
Production of mule spindles, 1835-90
Production, tables of mule
Production of polishing machines
Production of roving machines
Production of spooling machines
Productive power of machinery
Pugh’s under-clearer spring
Quick traverse winding machines, Brooks’
Quick traverse, Dobson and Barlow
Quick traverse, Hetherington’s
Reeling machines, construction of
Reeling machines, doffing motions
Reeling machines, formation of hanks on
Reeling machines, Guest and Brooks’ skeining motion
Reeling machines, seven lea motion
Ribbon lap machine
Rigidity of machine framing
Ring doubling machine, English system
Ring doubling machine, manufacture of thread on
Ring doubling machine, Scotch system
Ring spinning machine, angularity of roller brackets
Ring spinning machine, Asa Lees’ rope driving
Ring spinning machine, ballooning in
Ring spinning machine, balloon guards
Ring spinning machine, Bee spindle
Ring spinning machine, Bernhardt’s anti-balloon guide
Ring spinning machine, Booth Sawyer spindle
Ring spinning machine, centrifugal action of traveller
Ring spinning machine, common spindle
Ring spinning machine, construction of
Ring spinning machine, concentricity of ring and spindle
Ring spinning machine, Coulthard’s double ring
Ring spinning machine, definition of ring spinning
Ring spinning machine, diameter of rings
Ring spinning machine, diameter of front rollers
Ring spinning machine, differential drag of traveller
Ring spinning machine, Dobson Marsh spindle
Ring spinning machine, Dodd spindle
Ring spinning machine, early use of
Ring spinning machine, effect of weight of traveller
Ring spinning machine, elastic spindles
Ring spinning machine, form of travellers for bare spindles
Ring spinning machine, frictional resistance of traveller
Ring spinning machine, gauge of spindles
Ring spinning machine, Howard and Bullough’s weft
Ring spinning machine, influence of weight of traveller
Ring spinning machine, Lancaster’s system of weft
Ring spinning machine, lift of ring rail
Ring spinning machine, lift of spindles
Ring spinning machine, loss of twist in
Ring spinning machine, manufacture of rings
Ring spinning machine, Platt’s bare spindle
Ring spinning machine, Rabbeth spindle
Ring spinning machine, self-contained spindles
Ring spinning machine, spinning on bare spindles
Ring spinning machine, tables of production
Ring spinning machine, tables of power
Ring spinning machine, unsteady running spindles
Ring spinning machine, velocity of spindles
Ring spinning machine, Whitin gravity spindles
Rollers, bale breaker
Rollers, calender
Rollers, cloth pasting machine
Rollers, construction of
Rollers, covering machines for
Rollers, drawing frame
Rollers, ending machines for
Rollers, grinding
Rollers, grinding machines for finished
Rollers, grinding machine for skins
Rollers, inclination of teeth on
Rollers, jointing of
Rollers, pitch of centres of
Rollers, relieving motion for
Rollers, rolling machine for
Rollers, size of
Rollers, splicing machine for
Rollers, velocity of
Rollers, velocity of
Ropes, speed of driving
Rope driving
Rope driving for scutchers, Asa Lees’
Rope driving for scutchers, Platt’s
Roving machines, action of building motion
Roving machines, action of plate wheel
Roving machines, action of ratchet wheel
Roving machines, amount of lift
Roving machines, building motion for
Roving machines, clearers for
Roving machines, construction of
Roving machines, construction of building motion
Roving machines, construction of collars
Roving machines, construction of differential motion
Roving machines, construction of speed cones
Roving machines, construction of spindles
Roving machines, cone motion for
Roving machines, Curtis and Rhodes’ motion
Roving machines, definition of lead in
Roving machines, difference in bobbin and flyer leads
Roving machines, effect of winding in
Roving machines, effect of diminishing rod
Roving machines, effect of ratchet wheel change
Roving machines, Higgins’ bearing for spindles of
Roving machines, Howard and Bullough’s electric stop motion
Roving machines, jack frame
Roving machines, locking motion
Roving machines, Mason’s long collar
Roving machines, method of driving bobbins
Roving machines, method of giving lift
Roving machines, method of driving spindles and rollers
Roving machines, method of driving plate wheel
Roving machines, necessity for
Roving machines, necessity for retardation of bobbin
Roving machines, number employed
Roving machines, number of rollers in
Roving machines, object of building motion
Roving machines, object of creel
Roving machines, operation of twist wheel
Roving machines, Paley’s traverse motion
Roving machines, principles of reducing bobbin speed
Roving machines, principles of reducing flyer speed
Roving machines, twisting
Roving machines, winding
Roving machine, Pugh’s under-clearer for
Roving machine, pressers attachment of
Roving machine, reasons for bobbin lead
Roving machine, releasing motion
Roving machine, relation of strap and diminishing rod
Roving machine, relative velocity of plate wheel
Roving machine, reversal of lift
Roving machine, setting of spindles
Roving machine, shape of speed cones
Roving machine, shortening of lift in
Roving machine, size of rollers
Roving machine, spindle speeds
Roving machine, table of production
Roving machine, theory of action of differential motion
Roving machine, Tweedale’s differential motion
Roving machine, velocity of wheels
Roving machine, weighting of rollers
Scutching machine, Asa Lees’ pedal motion
Scutching machine, Asa Lees’ rope driving
Scutching machine, character of beater blow
Scutching machine, combinations of
Scutching machine combined with mixing
Scutching machine, conditions of successful working
Scutching machine, construction of air passages
Scutching machine, construction of beaters
Scutching machine, construction of feed rollers and pedals
Scutching machine, Crighton’s cages
Scutching machine, Crighton’s leaf extractor
Scutching machine, distance of dead plate from beater sheet
Scutching machine, Dobson and Barlow’s pedal motion
Scutching machine, doubling of laps in feeding
Scutching machine, draught of
Scutching machine, drawing action of rollers
Scutching machine, effect of dead plate on air current
Scutching machine, Howard and Bullough’s airbars
Scutching machine, Howard and Bullough’s pedal bowls
Scutching machine, importance of balancing beaters
Scutching machine, lap attachment
Scutching machine, lap feeding of
Scutching machine, lap even selvedge of
Scutching machine, lap weight and hank of
Scutching machine, Lord’s
Scutching machine, Lord’s piano feed
Scutching machine, number of workpeople required for
Scutching machine, object of
Scutching machine, operation of piano feed
Scutching machine, Platt’s dead plate
Scutching machine, Platt’s pedal motion
Scutching machine, Platt’s rope driving
Scutching machine, position of grids
Scutching machine, position of dead plate
Scutching machine, pulsations of beater
Scutching machine, setting of grid bars
Scutching machine, two or three winged beaters
Scutching machine, velocity of air current
Scutching machine, velocity of beaters
Scutching machine, velocity of cones
Sea Island cotton
Selvedges in carding
Selvedge, opener
Selvedge, scutcher
Setting brackets for rollers
Setting card covers
Setting card cylinders
Setting card pedestals
Setting, character of card
Setting, effect of Wellman flats
Setting flats
Setting flats, theory of
Setting flats, Wellman
Setting flexible bend
Setting licker-in and doffer
Setting mote knives
Setting, Platt’s inspection of
Setting teeth in clothing
Setting under casings
Seven lea motion
Shape of card teeth
Shortening lift in roving machines
Side grinding of card teeth
Side grinding, defects of
Side grinding, improved
Side grinding, striation of teeth by
Size of driving rollers
Size of driving ropes
Size of roving rollers
Skeining motion
Slivers, definition of
Slivers, doubling of
Slivers, doubling of
Slivers, cans for
Sliver lap machine
Slow motion, Sykes’
Slow motion, Hetherington’s
Slow motion, Brooks’
Slow motion, Knowles’
Slubbing machine
Slubs, production of
Speed cones, construction of
Speed cones, shape of
Speed of combing machine
Speed of belts and ropes
Speed of roving spindles
Spindles, comparative speed of
Spindles, construction of roving
Spindles, number at work
Spindles, setting of
Spooling machine
Spooling, production of
Standard Spinning Co’s Mill
Staple, definition of
Staple, effect in drawing
Starch pump
Steam engines, types of
Stop motion drawing frame
Stop motion winding frame
Stripping, method of
Table of production of roving frame
Table of production of mule
Table of production of ring frame
Tables of power for ring frame
Taylor Lang’s opening machine
Teeth, carding, setting of
Teeth, carding, licker in
Teeth, carding, principles of setting
Teeth, carding, side grinding
Testing flexible bend
Testing heel in flats
Theisen’s condenser
Theory of differential motion
Theory of mule winding
Transmission of power by belts
Transmission, loss in
Twist in yarn, rule
Twist wheel in roving frames
Under casings for carding machine
Under clearer for roving machine
Velocity of beater in opener
Velocity of beater in scutcher
Velocity of carding cylinders
Velocity of carding cylinders during grinding
Velocity of doffer
Velocity of doffer comb
Velocity of main driving belts
Velocity of main driving ropes
Velocity of porcupine cylinders
Velocity of rollers of drawing frame
Velocity of rollers of ring frame
Velocity of spindles in roving machines
Velocity of spindles in mule
Velocity of spindles in ring frame
Velocity of wheels in differential
Waste from combing machine
Wellman carding machine
Width of lap for combing machine
Whiteley’s clip
Whiteley’s fillet winding machine
Whiteley’s side-ground teeth
Willow, The
Workpeople employed in machine making
Wrap reel
Yarn, counts of
Yarn testers