2020.2.17: School exercise book for Textile department for 1913-1914 session

Identifier: 2020.2.17
Title: School exercise book for Textile department for 1913-1914 session
Type: notebook
Date Created: 1913 - 1914
Publisher: J. Walker
Place created: Shipley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Description: Shipley Technical School - Textile Department note book. With 'Students Name' 'Harold Kendall' 'Session 1913-1914' 'Subject: 4th Year Woollen and Worsted Spinning' handwritten in ink. This exercise book was used by Harold Kendall while a student at the Technical School, now Shipley College. The book includes notes from his 'Woollen, Worsted and Spinning' classes. The exercise book icludes notes on: Woollen and Worsted Threads, Carding, Diagrams of spindles and cards in machines, Worsted carding engine details, How to prepare machines to put wool in, How to wash and clean machines, Types of combs to use in machines, Sketch drawings of different textile equipment. 'Great details for anyone studying the history of wool textile production'.
Subject: Education; Textile industry; Mill machinery and processes
Associated person or organisation: Kendall, Harold; Technical and Art School
Associated place or event: Exhibition Building, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Source: Gift: Porter, Geoffrey