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• Combing machine — Combing Comb ing, n. 1. The act or process of using a comb or a number of combs; as, the combing of one s hair; the combing of wool. [1913 Webster] Note: The process of combing is used in straightening wool of long staple; short wool is carded.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• combing machine — machine which removes tangles (in wool, flax, etc.) …   English contemporary dictionary

• combing machine — noun : a machine for combing wool, flax, cotton, or other fibers and separating the longer and more valuable fiber from the shorter compare carding machine …   Useful english dictionary

• Wool combing machine — The wool combing machine was invented by Edmund Cartwright. This machine is used to arrange and lay parallel by length the fibers of wool, prior to further treatment. The machine was important in the mechanisation of the textile industry. The… …   Wikipedia

• Combing — Comb ing, n. 1. The act or process of using a comb or a number of combs; as, the combing of one s hair; the combing of wool. [1913 Webster] Note: The process of combing is used in straightening wool of long staple; short wool is carded. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Combing — For the video visual defect artifact, see Interlace. Noble comber in Bradford Combing is a method for preparing carded fibre for spinning. It separates out the short fibres by means of a rotating ring of steel pins. The fibres in the top it… …   Wikipedia

• carding machine — noun : a machine for carding wool, cotton, or other fiber consisting of cylinders having intermeshing wire teeth and revolving at different speeds or in opposite directions compare breaker 2c(1), combing machine * * * card2 (defs. 1, 2). [1780… …   Useful english dictionary

• Cotton-spinning machinery — Cotton Manufacturing Processes (after Murray 1911) Bale Breaker Blowing Room …   Wikipedia

• Cartwright, Edmund — born April 24, 1743, Marnham, Nottinghamshire, Eng. died Oct. 30, 1823, Hastings, Sussex British inventor. On visiting Richard Arkwright s cotton spinning mills, he was inspired to construct a power driven machine for weaving. He invented a power …   Universalium

• Masham, Samuel Cunliffe Lister, 1st Baron — ▪ British inventor born January 1, 1815, Calverley Hall, near Bradford, Yorkshire, England died February 2, 1906, Swinton Park, Yorkshire       English inventor whose contributions included a wool combing machine that helped to lower the price of …   Universalium

• Spinning mule — A pair of Condenser spinning mules. These have 741 spindles, being cut down from 133 feet (41 m) 1122 spindles they used to have up until the 24th Sept 1974, when they were retired from Elk Mill, Royton. The mule was built by Platt Brothers …   Wikipedia