The Tripling Machine Panel

This panel shows a detail of the tripling machine that Hill patented. Instead of twisting three separate strands of silk together, it loops a single strand into a triple twist. In the days before reeling was done to uniform standards, this gave a smoother thread than three separate strands could.

1856 Patent Application Sketch

Smith student Crystal Allen used the drawings in the 1856 patent application to make a working replica of this machine.

Replica of Tripling Machine

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