Excerpt from Cotton Mill Machinery Calculations: A Complete, Comprehensive and Practical Treatment of All Necessary Calculation on Cotton Carding and Spinning Machines This book is intended to fill what, to the Author, has been a long-felt want, that is, a book that would give the practical calculations that are needed in running a cotton mill, from pickers to looms, in a simple, straight-forward manner, so as to be easily understood and mastered by any one who understands simple arithmetic. It is, in great part, a reprint of a series of articles that were written for and printed by "Cotton" during the years 1911 and 1912, being entirely revised and somewhat enlarged, with the addition of numerous tables scattered throughout its length, and covering practically all the calculations, simple and otherwise, that any one would ever need in handling a modem mill. Wherever possible, long tedious descriptions of individual mechanisms, peculiar to some one make or type of machine, have been omitted, as this was not the object in writing the book, but no pains have been spared to make the calculations complete yet simple and easily understood. As will be noticed, the tables occurring at the end of the different chapters of the book, are mostly taken from the catalogues of some of the cotton mill machine builders and the Author wishes here to express his appreciation of their kindness in allowing the use of such tables. Criticisms of this work, made in a spirit of friendliness, will be gladly received, as it is almost impossible to prevent the occurrence of a few mistakes. With the above remarks, the work is submitted for the approval of the public and with the hope that it will be the means of bringing a more thorough understanding of the calculations used in the mill to some who have found them a little puzzling. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.