Spinning Wheel for Wool

“A machine for spinning flax into threads by hand. It consists of a wheel, band, and spindle, and is driven by foot or by hand...a, bench; b, b1, standards; c, driving band-wheel with flat rim, turned by the peg k held in the right hand of the spinner; d, cord-band, crossed at e and driving the speed-pulley f; g, cord-band imparting motion to the spindle h; i, thread in process of spinning.” —Whitney, 1889

Keywords

wheel, pulley, clothing, spinning wheel, band, cloth, cord, wool, speed pulley, spinning wool

Galleries

Textile Manufacturing, Miscellaneous Household Objects, Spinning, Sewing, and Mending

Source

William Dwight Whitney, PhD, LLD The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1895) 5835

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