| 单词 | muslin wheel |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmuslin wheel muslin wheel n. now historical = mule n.1 5a. ΚΠ 1830 J. Kennedy in Mem. Literary & Philos. Soc. Manch. (1831) 2nd Ser. 5 325 Crompton's machine was called the..muslin wheel, because its capabilities were [sic] rendered it available for yarn for making muslins. 1910 Encycl. Brit. VII. 486/2 About 1779 he [sc. Samuel Crompton] succeeded in producing a machine which span yarn suitable for use in the manufacture of muslin, and which was known as the muslin wheel..and later as the spinning mule. 1992 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 52 889 Public subscriptions rewarded..Crompton for the invention of the ‘muslin wheel’, or mule. 2012 A. Zimmerman Alabama in Afr. i. 25 A ‘mule’..that could spin a much finer thread than the water frame..was sometimes called the ‘muslin wheel’, since it could spin threads fine enough for that delicate fabric. < as lemmas |
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