. Report on the agriculture of Massachusetts . nd that the difficulties of reeling had been exaggerated. 1840.] SENATE—No. 36. 231 To produce a perfect filament from the material of wool or cotton,requires the perfection of skill and machinery, but we have made toour hands a filament so perfect, that no human ingenuity can ever ap-proach it, and all we have to do consists in laying a number of thesefilaments together and drawing them out by the reel, and by maintain-ing a uniform thread, by adding new fibres, as others become one need be dismayed by imaginary difficulties in reeli
. Report on the agriculture of Massachusetts . nd that the difficulties of reeling had been exaggerated. 1840.] SENATE—No. 36. 231 To produce a perfect filament from the material of wool or cotton,requires the perfection of skill and machinery, but we have made toour hands a filament so perfect, that no human ingenuity can ever ap-proach it, and all we have to do consists in laying a number of thesefilaments together and drawing them out by the reel, and by maintain-ing a uniform thread, by adding new fibres, as others become one need be dismayed by imaginary difficulties in reeling, for theyalways vanish before a spirit of determination to overcome them. Allwho raise silk should reel silk also. It furnishes profitable employmentfor young women, and by reason of the delicacy of their fingers, theiringenuity and perseverance, they will readily acquire perfection in thebeautiful art that should engage their especial attention. I am, dear sir, Yours, respectfully, JAMES DEANE. 232 APPENDIX. [March, R. DEANES SILK The furnace ^.—The boiler B.—The filaments first pass the guides C, each thread byitself,—they then converge and pass the guide D together. Both divisions are then woundu;->on each sufficiently to insure firmness, roundness, and smoothness of thread, and theythen separate, eacli one passing its appropriate guide E, and is then gathered upon thereel. Jt is spread upon the reel l>y a vibrating movement of the rod F, having its fulcrumat a, the alternaling movement being given by a groove in the shaft of the pulley wheel atb. This groove receives a pin from the vibrating rod. The skeins are disengaged in thefollowing manner: The two arms of one division of the reel are set inside of the other, andslip through a mortice in the shaft of the reel, and are retained by two keys driven at rightangles with the arms. By starting these keys, the arms slip through the mortices, and thetension of the skein is at once relieved —To lay out
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