大纺车

我国古代大纺车的产生与发展

The occurence and development of the multispindle spinning frame in ancient China

水力大纺车

The Large Water-driven Spinning Wheel

大纺车与原有的纺车不同，其特点是：锭子数目多达几十枚，及利用水力驱动。

with the prominent features different from the previous spinning wheels in that it had dozens of spindles and was powered by water .

楚材晋用：中国水转大纺车与英国阿克莱水力纺纱机

The Intellectual Resources of One Country Used by the Other : China 's Hydraulic Spinning Wheel and Britain 's Mechanical Spinner Invented by Sir Richard Arkwright

这些特点使大纺车具备了近代纺纱机械的雏形，适应大规模的专业化生产。水力大纺车还大大提高了纺织业效率。

These features , which resembled those of modern spinning machines , made the waterwheels suitable for large-scale professional production.The large water-driven spinning wheel also greatly improved the efficiency of the textile industry .

水力大纺车是中国古代将自然力运用于纺织机械的一项重要发明，如单就以水力作原动力的纺纱机具而论，中国比西方早了四个多世纪。

The large water-driven spinning wheel was an important invention that applied natural power in textile manufacturing in ancient China . The water-driven spinning wheel in China precedes its Western counterpart by more than four centuries .

古代纺车的锭子数目一般是2—3枚，最多为5枚。宋元之际，随着社会经济的发展，在各种传世纺车机具的基础上，逐渐产生了一种有几十个锭子的大纺车。

The ancient spinning wheel usually had two to three , or even five , spin-dIes.At the juncture of the Song and Yuan Dynasties when the society experienced substantial economic development , on the basis of various kinds of spinning wheels at the time , a new kind of large-size spinning wheel with dozens of spindles gradually appeared ,