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In this chapter the evolution in spinning and weaving is presented, starting from the very ancient hand operated spindle and distaff, till the machines of the industrial revolution. What above can also explain how it was possible to obtain low cost fabrics and clothes in the last centuries.
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Rossi, C., Russo, F. (2017). Spinning and Weaving. In: Ancient Engineers' Inventions. History of Mechanism and Machine Science, vol 33. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44476-5_19
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