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- Printing Plate with Image of a Flax Wheel and Clock Reel -
- Collections - Artifact
Printing Plate with Image of a Flax Wheel and Clock Reel
- Clock Reel, circa 1800 - A clock reel is a device used to wind spun yarn into measured skeins. The mechanism is similar to a mechanical clock. The dial's hand is attached to gears that count off the number of times the reel revolves. The dial kept track automatically, making it easy to know how many yards had been spun--without having to keep track in one's head.
- circa 1800
- Collections - Artifact
Clock Reel, circa 1800
A clock reel is a device used to wind spun yarn into measured skeins. The mechanism is similar to a mechanical clock. The dial's hand is attached to gears that count off the number of times the reel revolves. The dial kept track automatically, making it easy to know how many yards had been spun--without having to keep track in one's head.