JOSEPH NASMITH,

PREFACE.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

ERRATA.

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.

CHAPTER II. THE STRUCTURE OF COTTON.

CHAPTER III. GINNING AND MIXING MACHINES.

CHAPTER IV. THE OPENING MACHINE.

CHAPTER V. THE SCUTCHING MACHINE.

CHAPTER VI. THE CARDING MACHINE.

CHAPTER VII. CARD CLOTHING, GRINDING, AND STRIPPING.

CHAPTER VIII. THE COMBING MACHINE.

CHAPTER IX. THE DRAWING MACHINE.

CHAPTER X. SLUBBING AND ROVING MACHINES.

CHAPTER XI. THE MULE.

CHAPTER XII. THE RING SPINNING MACHINE.

CHAPTER XIII. REELING, WINDING, AND SPOOLING MACHINERY.

CHAPTER XIV. MISCELLANEOUS MACHINES AND ACCESSORIES.

APPENDIX. Description of the Arrangement of Machinery in the

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

GLOSSARY.

GENERAL INDEX.

ADVERTISEMENTS.

Transcriber’s Note:

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