Spindles

Examples

• This machine had eight or ten spindles driven by cords or belts from the same wheel, and operated by hand or foot. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• When the proper fineness had been obtained in this way, the cotton, as it passed from the second pair of rollers, was twisted into a firm strong thread by spindles attached to the frame. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• For this purpose the spindles were set upright at the end of the frame, and the rovings or strips of untwisted fibre were carried on bobbins on the inclined frame. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• In 1805 there were only 4,500 cotton spindles at work in the United States. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The rovings at one end were attached to the spindles and their opposite portions held together and drawn out by a clasp held in the hand. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The instrument used in spinning was a large wheel, turned by hand, and setting in motion a set of whirls or revolving spindles, which twisted the hemp by their motion. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Within twenty years after the introduction of Arkwright's machines in the United States there were a hundred mills there with a hundred thousand spindles. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• When the thread yarn was drawn out sufficiently it was wound upon the spindles by a reverse movement of the wheel. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In this the spindles, arranged vertically in the frame, are driven by bands from a central cylinder, and project through apertures in a horizontal bar. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The spindles were mounted on a wheeled carriage that traveled back and forth a considerable distance from the drawing rolls, which were mounted in bearings in a stationary frame. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• In 1763 Hargreaves invented the spinning-jenny (see Fig. 285), in which a multiplicity of spindles was employed, whereby one person could attend to the making of many threads simultaneously. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The workman drew out the rovings by moving the clasp back and forth, and at the same time turned the crank with his right hand to rotate the spindles. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The rovings extended from these bobbins to a reciprocating clasp held in the left hand of the workman, and thence extended to the spindles at the end of the frame. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Here a Lancashire man named Highs, who had constructed a double jenny to work fifty-six spindles in 1770, was declared by Arkwright’s opponents to be the real inventor. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Spindles, shuttles, wheels, and contrivances, plying ideally within the same; rather hopeless-looking, which, however, he did at last bring to bear. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The drawing and twisting of the thread is effected as the carriage runs out, and when the carriage runs in these twisted lengths are wound around the spindles. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• A thousand spindles whirled where one hummed before. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The mule was a carriage on wheels to which the spindles were attached. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The Draper Spindle is shown in Fig. 289 as one of the most modern and representative of spinning spindles. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.

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