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

While the spinning frame is built on entirely different principles from the roving, intermediate, or slubber frame, the object of each machine is the same as that of 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)

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

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

Now the spinning frame in the mill has replaced both.

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)