Excerpt from Patentees and Makers of Machinery on the Latest and Most Approved Principles: For Preparing, Spinning Doubling, Cotton, Cotton Waste, Wool, Worsted, Silk, and Bigonia Yarns Its action is gradual and gentle; consequently the quality of the staple is not injured. The Machine possesses exceptional advantages for those sorts of short stapled cotton which adhere tenaciously to the seed. It is undoubtedly superior to all others for simplicity of construction, facility for setting the various parts, economy in driving power and increased production combined with quality. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.