THE SPINNING AND TWISTING OF LONG VEGETABLE FIBRES (FLAX, HEMP, JUTE, TOW, AND RAMIE); Of the most Modern Methods as applied to the Hackling, Carding, Preparing, Spinning, and Twisting of the Long Vegetable Fibres of Commerce

Quarto. Burgundy textured cloth over boards (9 in. x 6 1/2"), double-ruled in blind, with gilt lettering to spine. Some scuffing and a few scratches to front board, and a little rippling and leaching of color from rear. At some point a reader must have spilled liquid, and done a quick cleanup, so a slight rippling remains through the last 30 or so pages, but to no further affect. With 161 Illustrations (including 10 Plates). 360 pp., including Index, followed by 86 pp. (!) advertising section with selections from Charles Griffin & Co.'s Publications of Scientific and Technical Works. Chapters include: The Long Vegetable Fibres of Commerce; The Rise and Growth of the Spinning Industry; The Raw Fibre Markets and the Purchase of the Raw Material; Storing the Raw Materials, and the Prelilminary Operations of Batching, Softening, Knifing, Roughing, Breaking, and Cutting; Hackling by Hand and Machine; Sorting and the Management of the Hackling Department; The Preparing Department -- Sliver Formation; Tow Carding and Mixing; Preparing, Drawing and Doubling, and Tow Combing; Gill Spinning -- Rope Yarn -- Binder Twine -- Trawl Twine and Shoe Threads; The Flax, Hemp, Jute, and Ramie Roving Frame; Dry and Demi-Sec Spinning of Flax, Hemp, Jute and Ramie; The Wet Spinning of Flax, Hemp, and Ramie Yarns; Flax, Hemp, Jute and Ramie Waste Spinning; Yarn Reeling, Winding, Drying, Cooling and Bundling; The Manufacture of Threads, Twines and Cords from Flax, Hemp, Jute and Ramie Yarns; Rope Making; The Mechanical Department: Repairs -- Fluting -- Hackle-setting; Wood Turning -- Oils and Oiling; Modern Mill Construction: Heating, Lighting, Ventilation and Humidification; Boilers and Engines, Steam and Water Power; Power Transmission -- Belts, Ropes, and Gearing -- Electrical Power Transmission.…