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... according to their Ages . Rev. Mr. Swayne's Apparatus . - Space allowed to Worms.- Mode of feeding . - Quantity of Leaves consumed . - Arbors for spinning - Necessity for Attention to minute Points in Management . -Regulation of ...
... according to their Ages . Rev. Mr. Swayne's Apparatus . - Space allowed to Worms.- Mode of feeding . - Quantity of Leaves consumed . - Arbors for spinning - Necessity for Attention to minute Points in Management . -Regulation of ...
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... according to Cosmas , were already established in different parts of India , had penetrated into the country of the Seres , or China . " There , amidst their pious occupations , they viewed with a curious eye the common dress of the ...
... according to Cosmas , were already established in different parts of India , had penetrated into the country of the Seres , or China . " There , amidst their pious occupations , they viewed with a curious eye the common dress of the ...
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... according to Massoudi , Canfu had recov ered from the calamities thus inflicted , and again became a place of resort to the Arabian merchants as well as for trading vessels from India . Many kinds of silk manufactures , such as velvet ...
... according to Massoudi , Canfu had recov ered from the calamities thus inflicted , and again became a place of resort to the Arabian merchants as well as for trading vessels from India . Many kinds of silk manufactures , such as velvet ...
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... According to Thuanus , the first introduction of the silk- worm into France was during the reign of Francis I. This author relates that flourishing establishments for rearing silk- worms were then to be found in Provence , at Avignon ...
... According to Thuanus , the first introduction of the silk- worm into France was during the reign of Francis I. This author relates that flourishing establishments for rearing silk- worms were then to be found in Provence , at Avignon ...
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... according to its size , from 3000 to 10,000 people ; and if to these are added the mulberry planters , worm - feeders , & c . , the number dependent on each establishment may be stated at from 10,000 to 40,000 men , women , and children ...
... according to its size , from 3000 to 10,000 people ; and if to these are added the mulberry planters , worm - feeders , & c . , the number dependent on each establishment may be stated at from 10,000 to 40,000 men , women , and children ...
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Page 195 - The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition, when suffered to exert itself with freedom and security, is so powerful a principle, that it is alone, and without any assistance, not only capable of carrying on the society to wealth and prosperity, but of surmounting a hundred impertinent obstructions with which the folly of human laws too often encumbers its operations...
Page 217 - This brought on a conversation on the subject, in which the Manchester gentlemen unanimously agreed that the thing was impracticable; and, in defence of their opinion, they adduced arguments which. I certainly was incompetent to answer, or even to comprehend, being totally ignorant of the subject, having never at that time seen a person weave.
Page 216 - One of the company observed that as soon as Arkwright's patent expired, so many mills would be erected, and so much cotton spun, that hands would never be found to weave it.
Page 217 - I then had of the business, there could only be three movements, which were to follow each other in succession, there would be little difficulty in producing and repeating them. Full of these ideas, I immediately employed a carpenter and smith to carry them into effect. As soon as the machine was finished, I got a weaver to put in the warp, which was of such materials as sailcloth is usually made of.
Page 23 - Amidst their pious occupations, they viewed with a curious eye the common dress of the Chinese, the manufactures of silk, and the myriads of silk-worms, whose education (either on trees or in houses) had once been considered as the labour of queens.
Page 217 - Congreve rocket In short, it required the strength of two powerful men to work the machine at a slow rate, and only for a short time.