es.

#COTTON SPINNING# (Honours, or Third Year). By Thomas THORNLEY. 216 pp.
Seventy-four Illustrations. Crown 8vo. Second Edition. Price 5s. net.
(Post free, 5s. 4d. home; 5s. 6d. abroad.)

#Contents.#

Syllabuses and Examination Papers of the City and Guilds of London
Institute -- Cotton--The Practical Manipulation of Cotton Spinning
Machinery -- Doubling and Winding -- Reeling -- Warping -- Production
and Costs -- Main Driving -- Arrangement of Machinery and Mill
Planning -- Waste and Waste Spinning -- Indexes.

#COTTON COMBING MACHINES.# By Thos. THORNLEY, Spinning Master, Technical
School, Bolton. Demy 8vo. 117 Illustrations. 300 pp. Price 7s. 6d.
net. (Post free, 8s. home; 8s. 6d. abroad.)

#Contents.#

The Sliver Lap Machine and the Ribbon Cap Machine -- General
Description of the Heilmann Comber -- The Cam Shaft -- On the
Detaching and Attaching Mechanism of the Comber -- Resetting of
Combers -- The Erection of a Heilmann Comber -- Stop Motions: Various
Calculations -- Various Notes and Discussions -- Cotton Combing
Machines of Continental Make -- Index.

#FLAX, HEMP AND JUTE SPINNING.#

#MODERN FLAX, HEMP AND JUTE SPINNING AND TWISTING.# A Practical Handbook
for the use of Flax, Hemp and Jute Spinners, Thread, Twine and Rope
Makers. By Herbert R. CARTER, Mill Manager, Textile Expert and
Engineer, Examiner in Flax Spinning to the City and Guilds of London
Institute. Demy 8vo. 1907. With 92 Illustrations. 200 pp. Price 7s.
6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 9d. home; 8s. abroad.)

#Contents.#

#Raw Fibre.# -- Origin of Flax -- Hemp and Jute Fibre -- Description of
the Plants -- Mode of Cultivation -- Suitable Climate and Soil --
Sowing -- Harvesting -- Rippling Flax and Hemp -- Water Retting -- Dew
Retting -- Extraction of the Fibre -- Marketing the Fibre --
Bracquing -- Flax, Hemp and Jute Marks -- Comparative Prices --
Ports of Export -- Trade Centres -- Fibre Selling Conditions -- Duty
on Fibre -- Fibre Exports. #Hackling.# -- Sorting and Storing the Raw
Fibre -- Softening Hemp and Jute -- Jute Batching -- Cutting --
Piecing Out -- Roughing -- Hackling by Hand and Machine -- Tippling --
Sorting -- Ventilation of Hackling Rooms. #Sliver Formation.# --
Spreading Line -- Heavy Spreading System -- Good's Combined Hackle and
Spreader -- Jute Breaking and Carding -- Flax and Hemp Tow Carding --
Bell Calculation -- Clock System -- Theory of Spreading. #Line and Tow
Preparing.# -- Drawing and Doubling --