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... invention which facilitated the progress of the weaver . The loom now possessed the power in itself to keep pace with the demand , but this was completely neutralized by the tardy operations of the spinning wheel . It is rather singular ...
... invention which facilitated the progress of the weaver . The loom now possessed the power in itself to keep pace with the demand , but this was completely neutralized by the tardy operations of the spinning wheel . It is rather singular ...
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... invention of John Kay did not come generally into use for some time , for the workmen feared it might prove detrimental to their interests , therefore they discountenanced it , and threw every impediment in its way to prevent its ...
... invention of John Kay did not come generally into use for some time , for the workmen feared it might prove detrimental to their interests , therefore they discountenanced it , and threw every impediment in its way to prevent its ...
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... invention a patent was taken out in the year 1738 and it appears that in the year 1733 , by a model of about two feet square , in a small building near Sutton Coldfield , without a single witness to the per- formance , was spun the ...
... invention a patent was taken out in the year 1738 and it appears that in the year 1733 , by a model of about two feet square , in a small building near Sutton Coldfield , without a single witness to the per- formance , was spun the ...
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... invention , and working out its details , obtained the golden prize . Although we must regret that Wyatt did not reap the rich harvest which was certainly his due , yet we shall not fail to discover the true cause if we look can- didly ...
... invention , and working out its details , obtained the golden prize . Although we must regret that Wyatt did not reap the rich harvest which was certainly his due , yet we shall not fail to discover the true cause if we look can- didly ...
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... invention ; indeed Mr. Kennedy of Man- chester , no mean authority in this matter , is of opinion that the principle for which Arkwright obtained his patent was of Wyatt's invention . Further , original papers are to be seen , belonging ...
... invention ; indeed Mr. Kennedy of Man- chester , no mean authority in this matter , is of opinion that the principle for which Arkwright obtained his patent was of Wyatt's invention . Further , original papers are to be seen , belonging ...
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Page 72 - The warp was placed perpendicularly, the reed fell with the weight of at least half a hundred-weight, and the springs which threw the shuttle were strong enough to have thrown a 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.
Page 17 - Nor was this all, but it crept into our houses, our closets, and bed-chambers ; curtains, cushions, chairs, and at last beds themselves, were nothing but...
Page 70 - to be at Matlock in the summer of 1784, I fell in company with some gentlemen of Manchester, when the conversation turned on Arkwright's spinning machinery. 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 133 - An Act to regulate the Labour of Children and Young Persons in the Mills and Factories of the United Kingdom...
Page 71 - Now you will not assert, gentlemen, said I, that it is more difficult to construct a machine that shall weave, than one which shall make all the variety of moves which are required in that complicated game.
Page 71 - 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 sail cloth is usually made of. To my great delight, a piece of cloth, such as it was, was the produce.
Page 9 - European would scarcely be able to make a piece of canvas, with the instruments which are all that an Indian employs in making a piece of cambric.
Page 72 - April, 1785. This being done, I then condescended to see how other people wove ; and you will guess my astonishment when I compared their easy modes of operation with mine. Availing myself, however, of what I then saw, I made a loom in its general principles nearly as they are now made. But it was not till the year 1787 that I completed my invention, when I took out my last weaving patent, August the 1st of that year.
Page 5 - At the hour of prayer, he repaired to the mosch of Medina, clothed in a thin cotton gown, a coarse turban on his head, his slippers in one hand, and his bow in the other, instead of a walking staff.
Page 95 - ... to apply it with exactness,) and struck with an iron mallet. Thus the figure was impressed upon the cloth, one colour only being used at once ; and if other colours were required to complete the pattern, it was necessary to repeat the operation with different blocks. In order to produce more delicate patterns than could be engraved on wood...