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It consists of twisting the fibre into a ro\e or loose thread. This is accomplished by the addition of a bobbin and flyer to the drawing rollers. The bobbin is made to revolve with such speed as to wind up the rove as fast as it is yielded by the last pair of rollers, and the flyer with so much additional speed as to give the sliver the desired twist while mo\ing between the roller and bobbin." If the sliver was not twisteid it The T.Int'n Industry 49 would not hold together to jxiss through th...e spinning frame. 1 hese machines are fed from the cans which hold the sli\er from the drawing frames, and for the first time the fibre is wound on bobbins. | ^ S ^ 3 The waste material that results from the drawing and roving machines is called tow, and is used for manufacture of cheap materials. Ill; wvINi; \\|) i;ri\IN" It is prepared on carding machines, similar to those used for short staple fibres like cotton. Machinery was first applied to spinning without the aid of water, but it was found that the heat and water softened the "greasy princi- ple which binds the cells together," and allows the thread to be drawn and attenuated to a 5° The Linen Industry greater degree, as well as making them finer and smoother.
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