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
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
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
The final machine used in the conversion of rove to the size of yarn required is termed the spinning frame.
From The Jute Industry: from Seed to Finished Cloth by Woodhouse, T.
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.
