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 machine is a modification of the ring spinning frame previously described and therefore does not call for detailed treatment at our hands.
From The Story of the Cotton Plant by Wilkinson, Frederick
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)
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
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
