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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 September 2014
In a former paper (vol. xxvi., pt. iii., p. 186) the author proved that the contraction due to forming a single thread,
and the contraction due to the two-ply twisting,
where D = diameter of circle in which the axes of singles revolve.
d = diameter of single.
l = length of untwisted single.
L = length of twisted single.
n = turns of twist in single.
x = turns of twist in 2-ply.