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840 yards 1 hank
36 hanks 1 lb
120 yards 1 lea
1 hank 7 leas
80 threads 1 lea
[20] September
20 hors to Rochester
twise 130

Mule Spinning

To assertain the weight of a sell of cops

Rule

Multiply the number of
stretches, the length of stretch, and
the number of spindles in the
wheels respectively for a dividend

Then multiply the numbers
of yarn by 840 and 36 respectively
for a division and the
quotent will be the weight
of sett

Example

What will one sett of cops
weigh if the wheels contain
808 spindles the number of
yarn 53, the number of
stretches 1000 the length of
stretches put up 60 inches

1000 No of stretches on one cop
68 in length of stretch
-----
60000
808 No of spindles
-----
48480000
Dividend (turn over)