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- The wool combing machine was invented by Edmund Cartwright, the inventor of the power loom, in Doncaster. The machine was used to arrange and lay parallel...4 KB (333 words) - 11:53, 21 March 2023
- prepare wool and other fibres for woolen spinning are used to scrape, tear, and flay the victim's flesh. The tradition that a torturous death by combing with...5 KB (555 words) - 05:13, 18 December 2023
- Combing is a method for preparing carded fibre for spinning. Combing aligns fibers in parallel before spinning to produce a smoother, stronger, and more...7 KB (1,111 words) - 12:57, 15 April 2023
- processing was tiny: in 1701 only 1,985,868 pounds (900,775 kg) of cotton-wool was imported into England, and by 1730 this had fallen to 1,545,472 pounds...15 KB (1,817 words) - 23:49, 15 July 2024
- popular method is combing. The process takes up to two weeks, but with a trained eye for when the fiber is releasing, it is possible to comb the fibers out...25 KB (3,205 words) - 20:12, 16 July 2024
- manufacturer, who is known both for his work in developing the Square Motion wool-combing machine and as a Radical Liberal Member of Parliament. Holden was born...8 KB (779 words) - 21:30, 29 May 2024
- shearing Wool bale Canvas work Carding Combing Dyeing Fulling Knitting Spinning Textile manufacturing Weaving Felt Fiber art Tweed Worsted Yarn Wool crepe...43 KB (4,934 words) - 08:14, 11 September 2024
- Worsted (redirect from Worsted wool)and Romney Marsh. Pasture wool was not carded; instead it was washed, gilled and combed (using heated long-tooth metal combs), oiled and finally spun....12 KB (1,296 words) - 00:28, 10 March 2024
- martyrdom, steel combs. The similarity of these instruments of torture to wool combs led to his adoption as the patron saint of wool combers in particular...21 KB (2,522 words) - 07:40, 20 August 2024
- modern astronomy. Other parts on permanent display are Eisinga’s former wool combing establishments and a collection of historical astronomical instruments...9 KB (739 words) - 21:13, 28 February 2024
- Carding (redirect from Wool carding)thistle or teasel, as dried vegetable teasels were first used to comb the raw wool before technological advances led to the use of machines. These ordered...21 KB (2,665 words) - 20:42, 1 September 2024
- Massachusetts, was named after Needham Market. It initially grew around the wool combing industry, until the onset of the Bubonic plague, which swept the town...13 KB (1,070 words) - 12:22, 31 August 2024
- Iron comb may refer to: An iron comb used for combing wool A similar or identical instrument used for combing, a form of torture A hot comb used for straightening...227 bytes (64 words) - 23:49, 14 June 2021
- Cartwright was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Cartwright patented a wool combing machine in 1789 and a cordelier (machine for making rope) in 1792. He...12 KB (1,317 words) - 10:08, 14 June 2024
- Angora rabbit (category Wool animals)bred for the long fibers of its coat, known as Angora wool. They are gathered by shearing, combing or plucking. Because rabbits do not possess the same...22 KB (2,707 words) - 00:42, 10 June 2024
- hardship leading to the introduction of machine-combing. This Industrial Revolution led to rapid growth, with wool imported in vast quantities for the manufacture...160 KB (15,215 words) - 21:20, 8 September 2024
- Celosia (redirect from Wool flower)meaning "make husbands fat and happy". In Spain it is known as "Rooster comb" because of its appearance.[citation needed] As a grain, Celosia is a pseudo-cereal...9 KB (882 words) - 05:09, 29 July 2024
- undercoat is collected by combing the goat, not by shearing, as in other fine wools. A traditional producer of pashmina wool in the Ladakh region of the...13 KB (1,541 words) - 06:51, 23 August 2024
- materials[citation needed] but most of the villagers were engaged in hand looming and wool combing in their own homes.[citation needed] In the mid-1860s, industry started...4 KB (362 words) - 12:59, 4 May 2024
- Cartwright patents his first practical power loom in England and designs a wool combing machine. William Wouldhave demonstrates a self-righting rescue lifeboat...6 KB (622 words) - 16:50, 16 June 2024
- some combing wools, the length of staple suggesting the grouping of sheep into short-wools, middle-wools, and long-wools. The fine felting wools have
- Nottingham, and obtained a patent in the year 1769, for making cotton, flax, and wool into yarn. But, after some experience, finding that the common method of
- overcome. The preparing, combing, spinning, weaving and finishing process of alpaca and mohair are similar to that of wool. Hoffman, Dr Eric, The Complete