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Fay's sill-dressing machine ; Silk-winder

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Title
Fay's sill-dressing machine ; Silk-winder
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

Textiles -- Manufacture

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1884
Topics
Machinery
Silk industry
Textile industry
Textile machinery
Textile mill workers
Genres
Prints
Notes
Content: Printed on border: "Silk-winder. B. The machine on which raw silk in the hank is transferred to bobbins preparatory to spinning. Each hank is extended upon a light six-sided reel, called a swift, a number of which are arranged on axes on each side of a frame. The bobbins, one for each swift, are arranged above them." Written on border: "1877" Includes additional text.
Source note: Knights new mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes, and engineering. (Boston : Houghton, 1884) Knight, Edward Henry (1824-1883), Author.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 print : b ; 23 x 14 cm. (9 x 5 1/2 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17241404
Barcode: 33333159407135
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): cd016500-c564-012f-d600-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1884: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

The New York Public Library. "Fay's sill-dressing machine ; Silk-winder" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1884. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-0514-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

The New York Public Library. "Fay's sill-dressing machine ; Silk-winder" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-0514-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The New York Public Library. (1884). Fay's sill-dressing machine ; Silk-winder Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-0514-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-0514-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 | title= (still image) Fay's sill-dressing machine ; Silk-winder, (1884) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=November 25, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Fay's sill-dressing machine ; Silk-winder