The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-12-27
DOMESTIC.
CHARLESTON, Doc. Is.

Ertrdct ofa letter to the Editors, dated Co
lambda, Dec. 10.
6 mentioned TO you some days ago, that
woulo end?avor to give You such escrip-
lion of the Columbian Shinstey as mienr
serve to give your readers some idea OF me
principles on which it is co.'s .ructed, and
OIL its performances. The machine now here
is about TOUR feet and an ha.f long, two feet
wide and three feet hish-at one end is a
hopper to contain the colt i'll the seed, and
a saw-gin, OF the common construction, ha-
wing seven saws; the saws are made of tin
the teeth are much smaller than those in
common use, and are Gu. wi h great exact
nees by machine invented for the purpose
At one end ct the cylinder, or which the
saws are placed, is d crank for putting the
machine III motion by hand at the other
end is wheel or about two and an half feet
diameter, ON which goes band, which works
another par o. the machine, to be hereafter
noticed. Immediately IN front OF the saws
is another cyiiGder which turns in a contra
ny direction to the saws, and receives The
cotton from the saws on rows of cards frorn
this cylinder the cotton, which is now laid
iongltudinaiiy on The cards, is taken by ano-
Their cylinder which has finer cards. and
serves to make what may be called The
stream or cotton more complete from this
it is taken by another cylinder, and from If
by "A small upright frame which moves mn
and down by means of n small crank This
frame mas few teeth and is called a comb
this moving in front of the last cylinder
takes the cotton off of it the cotton is then
drawn by means OF the spindles, through Sc
ven httic finnelS to four steel rollers, which
serve 10 compress and give more Consistency
to lie roll Of cotton as soon as it leave,
rpi tn,t ty;c .,
spindies, which are about 10 inches in from
or the rollers. and lay horizontaily-a strar
from the wheel above mentioned to 8 wh;rl
below the spindles which turns a cylinder
over which band goes to each spindle. and
another to each spool or bobbin, which. as
said before, conveys the twist or turn. n & far
as the rollers Another thing to be mention
eds movement, called the heart move
mcnt, which serves to move the spool or bob
bin slowly under the Fly, so that the warn is
wound even on the bnbbin this mo, eIne,t i
very curious the wheel that makes il, turns
once to 500 revolutions of the wheel and
crank. IL Unnecessary to add, that the cot
ton taken IRON the seed By each saw is car
riCu on separately and becomes the thread of
its individual bobbin this machine Of coursc
has card, fly, a bobbin and spindle for
each saw. This machine can spin seven
pounds OF yarn in a day-it is said that the
task o: good spinsier is from 8 to a ounces
per day, therefore this small machine is G.
lual TO rs hand spiuners. The motion of
TINS machine Is so correct, that it viii 20 for
hours without orc Of the threads breaking.
Mr. Va Bride, the brother of the inventor.
informs me, that he has made one of twenty
sPindieS, which performed as well as this
one, and his brother has latcly written to
him, that he has constructed one Of so spin
dies, which also performs well larger than
these have not been made, and il is believed.
bat they viii not be required. This ma
chino requires no particulari, constructed
building 70 stand in; it takes little room. not
50 much as barpsichof,l, and may be con.
''dercd az handsome piece Ct furniture ::
the nose Eiade by il is not great nor tIisa-