Wool Manufacturing Research Articles

XXV. An account of a balance of a new construction, supposed to be of use in the woollen manufacture

It is of consequence in some branches of the woollen manufacture, that the thread of which any piece is woven should be all of the same fineness. After it is spun, it is made into skains of the same length, and these are sorted according to the fineness of the spinning. The manufacturers usually distinguish and denominate the fineness, by the number of skains which go to the pound; the coarsest being about 12 to the pound, and the finest near 60.