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PORCUPINE DRAWING MACHINE [1 record]

Record 1 2021-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wool Industry
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
OBS

--. The name "porcupine" is associated with French drawing because brass porcupine rollers, studded with fine steel pins, are employed between the front and the back drawing rolls

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie lainière
  • Filature (Textiles)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
OBS

un -- n'est autre qu'un gill intersecting à peignes rectilignes (barrettes) ou curvilignes (...) qui comporte en plus un dispositif "rota-frotteur".

Spanish

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