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
This sliver is wound on a bobbin, and taken from the card to the mule 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)
When this can was filled, it was carried to a winding frame, by which the roving was wound upon bobbins suitable for the spinning frame.
From The Story of the Cotton Plant by Wilkinson, Frederick
They knew how to use the spindles and were delighted to find the Russian spinning frame.
From Twenty Years at Hull House; with autobiographical notes by Addams, Jane
Yarn is wound on bobbins on the ring or mule 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)
