 | George Lillie Craik - 1831 - 424 pages
...Mr. Guest, in his History of the Cotton Manufacture, " whose families could not furnish the necessary supply of weft, had their spinning done by their neighbours,...necessary to quicken the exertions of the spinner." It was natural, in this state of things, that attempts should be made to contrive some method of spinning... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Philosophy - 1831 - 436 pages
...Mr. Guest, in his History of the Cotton Manufacture, " whose families could not furnish the necessary supply of weft, had their spinning done by their neighbours,...necessary to quicken the exertions of the spinner." use ; and, in fact, several ingenious individuals seem to have turned their attention to the subject.... | |
 | Charles Knight - Labor - 1831 - 252 pages
...procure weft enough to keep themselves constantly employed. " It was no uncommon thing," he says, " for a weaver to walk three or four miles in a morning,...necessary to quicken the exertions of the spinner." That the manufacture should have flourished in England at all under these difficulties is honorable... | |
 | Charles Knight, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - Labor - 1831 - 240 pages
...or six spinners, before he could collect weft to serve him for the remainder of the day; and when ho wished to weave a piece in a shorter time than usual,...necessary to quicken the exertions of the spinner." That the manufacture should have flourished in England at all under these difficulties is honorable... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - Biography - 1833 - 764 pages
...Mr. Guest, in his History of the Cotton Manufacture, " whose families could not furnish the necessary supply of weft, had their spinning done by their neighbours,...necessary to quicken the exertions of the spinner." It was natural, in this state of things, that attempts should be made to contrive some method of spinning... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - Lancashire (England) - 1836 - 774 pages
...Mr. Guest, in his History of the Cotton Manufacture, " whose families could not furnish the necessary supply of weft, had their spinning done by their neighbours,...necessary to quicken the exertions of the spinner." It was natural, in this state of things, that attempts should be made to contrive some method of spinning... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 260 pages
...Guest, in his 'History of the Cotton Manufacture,' " whose families could not furnish the necessary supply of weft, had their spinning done by their neighbours,...necessary to quicken the exertions of the spinner." In this state of things James Hargraves, a Blackburn carpenter, constructed a machine which enabled... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837 - 530 pages
...Guest, in his ' History of the Cotton Manufacture,' " whose families could not furnish the necessary supply of weft, had their spinning done by their neighbours,...necessary to quicken the exertions of the spinner." In this state of things James Hargraves, a Blackburn carpenter, constructed a machine which enabled... | |
 | Henry Howe - Industrial arts - 1840 - 492 pages
...remainder of the day ; and when he wished to weave a piece in a shorter time than usual, a new ribband or gown was necessary to quicken the exertions of the spinner." It was natural in this state of things, that attempts should be made to contrive some method of spinning... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Self-culture - 1840 - 288 pages
...remainder of the day ; and when he wished to weave a piece in a shorter time than usual, a new riband or gown was necessary to quicken the exertions of the spinner." It was natural, in this state of things, that attempts should be made to contrive some method of spinning... | |
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... could procure weft enough to keep themselves constantly employed. It was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three or four miles in a morning, and call on five or six spinners, before he could collect weft to serve him for the remainder of the... 
