New Bedford Institute of Technology - Fabricator Yearbook (New Bedford, MA)

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Machining Spinning Weaving Analysis 7 Research 111 this particular year of 1941, the demand for machinists has been tre- mendous, and New Bedford Textile School has been hard pressed to pro- duce machinists to fill the vacancies which are open at this moment. The shop has to turn out the spindles for the spinning of yarns such as seed hairs from plants of the genus Gos- sypium, the hair of animals, syn- thetic fibres such as nylon, vinyon, lanital, rayons, and numerous others. These yarns in turn fill the shut- tles which weave the cloth — cloth which is used by mankind as a pro- tection against weather, a protection which would be inconceivable in a world wholly independent of textiles. From the looms the cloth passes to the finishing department, which introduces the chemist. The chemist is usually found working over oddly shaped apparatus such as flasks, beakers, burettes, test-tubes, and the like. Analytical balances also play an important part in the analysis of chemicals. The microscope has made an im- portant niche for itself in the textile field. Here we can see an image magnified hundreds of times. We make use of this in the detection of fibres. These therefore are the tools which make New Bedford Textile School what it is today. Considering the three years which the class of 1941 has spent at our alma mater, we are proud to present the fine record which the school has made to the outside world.