. A dictionary of arts, manufactures and mines : containing a clear exposition of their principles and practice. r of A are called the stocks, or feet. They are sus-pended on iron pivots at b, and receive their mo-tUF lion from wipers on the revolving shaft c. The cloth is laid in at d, and by the alternate strokes of the feet, and the curved form ofthe turnhead e, the cloth is washed and gradually turned. At the same time, anabundant stream of water rushes on the cloth throughout holes in the upper part otthe turnhead. Wash-stocks are much used in Scotland and in Ireland. In the
. A dictionary of arts, manufactures and mines : containing a clear exposition of their principles and practice. r of A are called the stocks, or feet. They are sus-pended on iron pivots at b, and receive their mo-tUF lion from wipers on the revolving shaft c. The cloth is laid in at d, and by the alternate strokes of the feet, and the curved form ofthe turnhead e, the cloth is washed and gradually turned. At the same time, anabundant stream of water rushes on the cloth throughout holes in the upper part otthe turnhead. Wash-stocks are much used in Scotland and in Ireland. In the lattercountry they are often made with double feet, suspended above and below two turnheads,and wrought with cranks instead of wipers. Wash-stocks, properly constructed, makefrom 24 to 30 strokes per minute. This mode of washing is now entirely given up in Lancashire, where a preference isgiven to what are called dash-wheels and squeezers. The dash are small water-wheels,the inside of which is divided into four compartments, and closed up, leaving only a holein each compartment for putting in the cloth. 10. 146 BLEACHING. There are, besides, smaller openings for the free admissioifi and egress of the water em-ployed in cleansing. The cloth, by the motion of the -wheel, is raised up ia one part of
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