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Adrachti (Greek: Αδράχτι) is a rock in the Meteora rock formation complex of Thessaly, Greece. [3]Due to its long, thin shape, it is sometimes called the "Spindle".In clockwise order, starting from the north, it is surrounded by Sourloti, Modi, Alysos, Agia, and Pyxari rocks.
Kosmoid Locks was registered in January 1904, as a result of an agreement between Shiels and John Smalley Campbell, an American physician and dentist then resident in London, who like Shiels was a sometime inventor on the side, with over 20 patents registered at the U.S. Patent office, [5] some relevant to dentistry but a significant subset (9 of 22 listed) related to locks.
Modern top-whorl drop spindles. The hook at the top allows these to be suspended and the cop is built up below the disk-shaped whorl in a conical shape. Spindle with cotton yarn, without whorl, representing the "spindle-shape". A modern Turkish spindle is an example of a low-whorl suspended spindle where the whorl is made up of interlocking arms.
A machine tool may have several spindles, such as the headstock and tailstock spindles on a bench lathe. The main spindle is usually the biggest one. References to "the spindle" without further qualification imply the main spindle. Some machine tools that specialize in high-volume mass production have a group of 4, 6, or even more main spindles.
Crompton's first mule had 48 spindles and could produce 1 pound (0.45 kg) of 60s thread a day. This demanded a spindle speed of 1,700 rpm, and a power input of 1 ⁄ 16 horsepower (47 W). [8] The mule produced strong, thin yarn, suitable for any kind of textile, warp or weft. It was first used to spin cotton, then other fibres.
A spindle whorl is a weighted object fitted to a spindle to help maintain the spindle's speed of rotation while spinning yarn. History A spindle whorl may be a disk ...
Spindle (furniture), cylindrically symmetric shaft, usually made of wood; Spindle, a 1989 sculpture by Dustin Shuler made from cars; Spindle (stationery), an upright spike used to hold papers; Spindle, part of a door handle; Spindle Rock, also called Adrachti, a rock in Meteora, Greece
A ring spinning machine in the 1920s. Ring spinning is a spindle-based method of spinning fibres, such as cotton, flax or wool, to make a yarn.The ring frame developed from the throstle frame, which in its turn was a descendant of Arkwright's water frame.