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The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: machinery of Platt Brothers, Oldham, 1862. Fig. 3 the Lap-doubler; 'By this machine the slivers from the breaker carding-engine are formed into a fleece, and coiled into a lap to supply the finishing carding-machine'. Fig. 2. the Cotton-opener. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: machinery of Platt Brothers, Oldham, 1862. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)