spinning frame
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Mauney had seen the Japanese spinning equipment at a textile show and tested a Japanese spinning frame for three months, then bought 9.000 spindles for $500,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
A great improvement on the spinning frame of the 18th century is the ring frame invented by Jenks.
From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry
This business he gave up about 1767 in order to devote himself to the construction of the spinning frame.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various
When two or three threads are united by twisting, the operation can be conducted in a twisting frame which differs little from a ordinary spinning frame, and hence need not be described.
From The Jute Industry: from Seed to Finished Cloth by Woodhouse, T.
The same applies in the case of the roving passing from the roving to the spinning frame.
From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by Dooley, William H. (William Henry)
