xii (#16) ############################################# ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Mr. H. Hardy, for useful particulars respecting woollen blends. Mr. J. F. White, for useful details respecting the Blending Room and Conveyer Tubes. To Messrs. Foster Pickles, C. P. Hamond, R. Oversby, G. I. Foreman, A. F. B. Barker, K. C. Barker, and others for useful assistance in preparing the diagrams, etc., illustrating the text. To Messrs. Wm. Lupton & Sons, Platt Bros. & Co., Ltd., Asa Lees & Co., Ltd., Wm. Whiteley & Sons, Ltd., Prince Smith & Sons, Hall & Stell, N. Schlumberger et Cie., The Universal Winding Co., Joseph Stubbs & Co., The Chadwick Machine Company, Ltd., and to many other firms who directly or indirectly have provided examples or illustrations. To the Woollen and Worsted Trades Federation for suggestions gained from their two interesting publica- tions. To the British Research Association for the par- ticulars respecting the Electrification of Fibres and Strains in Yarns, the work of Dr. S. A. Shorter and Mr. W. Harrison. Last, but not least, the author's thanks are due to Mr. Arthur Fish, representing Messrs. Cassell & Co., for the kind consideration and patience exercised in seeing the book through the press; and to Messrs. Cassell & Co., for the liberality with which they have responded to the somewhat serious demands of the author with reference to the text and, more particularly, with refer- ence to the illustrations which markedly add to the value of this publication. A. F. B. 24th July, 1922. xii
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