. Tops, a new American industry; a study in the development of the American worsted manufacture. The Arlington Mills ... 6 Appendix A. The Products of the Arlington Mills 115Appendix B. Columbus Sighting America: Jac- quard Design 121 Appendix C. The First Carding Engine built in America 126 Appendix D. Facts about the Property of the Arlington Mills ....... 130 Index 133 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PageA Flock of Sheep, Franklin Park, Boston, Mass. Frontispiece Arlington Mills, Worsted Department . Facing 14 A Vermont Merino Ram . 20 Ground Plan of the Arlington Mills Property, Lawrence, Mass 31 Th


. Tops, a new American industry; a study in the development of the American worsted manufacture. The Arlington Mills ... 6 Appendix A. The Products of the Arlington Mills 115Appendix B. Columbus Sighting America: Jac- quard Design 121 Appendix C. The First Carding Engine built in America 126 Appendix D. Facts about the Property of the Arlington Mills ....... 130 Index 133 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PageA Flock of Sheep, Franklin Park, Boston, Mass. Frontispiece Arlington Mills, Worsted Department . Facing 14 A Vermont Merino Ram . 20 Ground Plan of the Arlington Mills Property, Lawrence, Mass 31 The New Top Mill 36 The Angora Goat (from which Mohair is ob-tained), Asia Minor and South Africa ... 46 Arlington Mills, Cotton Department 56 Diagram 1, Average curve of change 66 Diagram 2, Curve for August 1 68 Diagram 3, Curve between October 31 and November 1, 70 Diagram 4, Temperature, humidity, and weight curves 72 The Alpaca, Peru 78 A Modern Combing Machine 88 Columbus Sighting America, designed and woven at the Arlington Mills 122 The First American Carding Machine .... 124 Modern Worsted Carding Engine 126. Hand Combing(From a Fourteenth Century MS. in British Museum) CHAPTER I


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