Francis L. Lincoln

Francis L. Lincoln is the author of Instruction Book on Ring Spinning, first published in 1885 in Warren, Massachusetts by the Herald Printing Company. The book presents itself as a practical manual for people working in the spinning department of textile manufacturing.

In the preface, the author says the book was created to help people engaged in mill work and describes it as the product of years of study and observation. That gives Lincoln the feel of a working expert writing from experience rather than a literary or academic figure.

Very little biographical information about Lincoln was easy to confirm from reliable online sources beyond this book and its bibliographic record. Because of that, the clearest picture available is of a technically minded author whose published work was meant to improve everyday practice in 19th-century textile production.