Cochran Fig 2 Cr B orign rom 07_IMG3737

Parts of James Cochran's “Improved Spinning Wheel” that was patented in Canada on May 9, 1871.

A narrow wooden board serves as a base. It has a pulley on the far side of the right end, its axle resting in a metal holder. On the left end a cross piece holds two short posts or maidens that support a multiplying pulley. Halfway between them a post holds a spindle head. Photo courtesy of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada.