combing-machine

Invention, of cotton-gin, 208; of fly-shuttle, 228; of spinning-jenny, 229; of throstle-spun yarn, 229; of combing-machine, 230; of flax-spinning machine, 230-231.

Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881

A far more revolutionary and more hated machine than the power-loom was the combing-machine called Big Ben.

Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881

Spanish merino sheep were introduced: wool became the chief staple; the production of it, especially after the invention of the combing-machine, became very profitable, and free emigrants poured in.

Outline of Universal History George Park Fisher 1868

To avoid these imperfections, the cotton-spinners of Alsace offered a prize of 5000 francs for an improved combing-machine, and Heilmann immediately proceeded to compete for the reward.

Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance Samuel Smiles 1858

But by far the most beautiful and ingenious of his inventions was the combing-machine, the history of which we now proceed shortly to describe.

Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance Samuel Smiles 1858