Title: The Science Of Modern Cotton Spinning

Author: Evan Leigh.

Categories: Books Nonfiction Science Technology Machinery Agriculture

Publication Information: Second Edition; Manchester: Palmer & Howe, Publishers; London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. 1873

Additional Information: Vol. I has 152 pages plus Index for vol. I. Volume II has 320 pages including the Index for vol. II. Volume I: Frontispiece says color plate of The Cotton Plant but not there instead it is a B&W portrait photo of Evan Leigh. There are 23 other plates some of the plates show Figures (1-13). Then there are Figures and Illustrations #14-128. Volume II: Plates run from 24-39 plus color plate - Falls of Niagara. Figures and Illustrations run from 129-259.

Summary: Embracing Mill Architecture; Machinery For Cotton Ginning, Opening, Scutching, Preparing, And Spinning, With All The Latest Improvements; Also Articles On Steam And Water Power; Shafting; Gearing And American System Of Belting Compared; Generation And Application Of Steam Criticised And Explained; Boilers, Boiler Explosions, & etc.; All Tending To Show Where The Outlay Of Capital May Be Economised, And Production Cheapened. Contents of Volume I:
• The Cotton Plant
• Cotton Ginning
• Cotton Mill Architecture
• Gearing Versus Belting
• Moving Power
• Cotton Spinning In India
• Cotton Mixing, Opening & Scutching
• Modern Spinning Mill At Bolton
• The Carding Engine (continued in Vol. II
Contents of Volume II:
• The Combing Machine
• Slubbing
• The “Gidlow Mill” At Wigan
• Spinning
• Ring Spinning
• The Mule, Or Mule Jenny
• Steam Boilers And Steam Engines
• Shafting – Solid And Hollow; Couplings, Bearings, And Steps
• Speculative Remarks On The future Erection And Driving Of Cotton Mills
• Concluding Remarks

Condition: Both volumes are hardcover, both have a label in the front that says “Scientific Library United States Patient Office”. Some stamps and marks in both volumes. Covers show slight wear. Some pages are loose and some coming loose, some tears, few taped spots, both volumes are pulling slightly, some smudges, few pages have chipped edges. Also some moisture stains on outer edges of some pages. Couple plates in Vol. I are located in a different place then what the list says and the frontispiece in vol. I is different then what the list says. But overall good readable copies of a rare publication.

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