"No student or spinner should be without it."--_Textile Manufacturer_, October 15, 1890. "Cannot fail to be the standard authority for many years."--_Textile Recorder_, November 15, 1890. "Has the essential merit of attaining what it aims at--namely, completeness."--_Manchester Examiner and Times._ "A work of great value to all who are interested in the manufacture or use of cotton spinning machinery."--_Manchester Guardian._ MANCHESTER: JOSEPH NASMITH, 61 Barton Arcade. Established 1791. JOHN WHITELEY & SONS, Limited, BRUNSWICK MILLS, HALIFAX, ENGLAND. Manufacturers of Card Clothing in Mild, and Hardened and Tempered Steel Wire, for Cotton, Wool, Worsted, and Silk, with Round, Flat, Flat-to-Bend, Angular, and Convex Wire, Plated Wire, Music Wire, and GROUND NEEDLE POINTS. PATENT SPECIAL POLISHED _PLOUGH-GROUND_ CARD CLOTHING. The Sides of the Teeth of the _Plough-Ground_ Card Clothing made by JOHN WHITELEY & SONS, Limited, are so smooth that it is being used extensively on the Finest Cottons. We shall be glad to furnish Users with enlarged Micro-Photographs illustrating the remarkable smoothness attained. IMPROVED TAKERS-IN AND DIRT ROLLERS. Card Tacks. Gauges for Setting Cylinders, Doffers, Flats, &c. Flats Re-cut and Clothed with Whiteley’s Patent Clasp, Ashworth’s Methods or Lead Rivets, and Trued, Tested, and Ground ready for use. WHITELEY’S IMPROVED TENSION MACHINE FOR MOUNTING FILLETS. NEEDLE-POINTED STRIPPING ROLLERS, BURNISHING BRUSHES, SPIRAL FLAT STRIPPING BRUSHES. CARDING ENGINES CLOTHED, GROUND, AND STARTED BY EXPERIENCED MEN. _Samples and Estimates on Application._ JAMES BRIGGS & SONS, LION OIL WORKS, BLACKLEY, MANCHESTER. MANUFACTURERS OF ALL CLASSES OF OILS for MACHINERY, SPINDLES AND LOOMS. OILS for MARINE AND STATIONARY ENGINES. OILS for SHAFTING, CYLINDERS, AND VALVES. _As Used by some of the Largest Mills, Steamships, &c._ Cable and Telegraphic Address--“SAMOHT, MANCHESTER.” GEO. THOMAS & CO., 28 DEANSGATE, MANCHESTER, _ENGINEERS, CONTRACTORS, and EXPORTERS of all Classes of MACHINERY and ACCESSORIES, &c._ N.B.--Representatives in all the Industrial Centres of the World. MACHINERY for SPINNING and WEAVING Cotton, Wool, Worsted, Flax, Hemp, Jute, Silk, &c. BLEACHING, DYEING, PRINTING, FINISHING Textile Fabrics.