A Practical Treatise on Dying of Woollen, Cotton, and Skein Silk - The Manufacturing of Broadcloth and Cassimere, Including the Most Improved Methods Pursued in the West of England, in Which the Various Manipulations Are Accurately Del... #263645

There are three leading defects in most of the cloths made in this country. The wool is not well scribbled, the warps are too crowded, and the nap is not more than half raised. Scribbling is too often neglected in England, as well as in this country it ought to be scribbled twice this is done by a few of the best English manufacturers, and it wonderfufly immoves the fabric, it Spins better, is softer, more free from nips, and indeed works better in every succeeding operation. The scribblers in the west of Eng land are, however, only single machines, and here they are gene rally double — the wool ought, therefore, to be as well scribbled here at one operation, as it is there at two. Provided the machines are as well made, and worked with equal ability.