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" 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... "
A Compendious History of the Cotton-manufacture: With a Disproval of the ... - Page 45
by Richard Guest - 1823 - 73 pages
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The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Illustrated by Anecdotes, Volume 2

George Lillie Craik - Knowledge, Theory of - 1831 - 438 pages
...immediately employed a carpenter and smith to carry them into effect. As soon as the machine was finished 1 got a weaver to put in the warp, which was of such...To my great delight, a piece of cloth, such as it wan, wan the produce. As 1 had never before turned my thoughts to mechanism, either in theory or practice,...
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The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Illustrated by Anecdotes, Volume 2

George Lillie Craik - Knowledge, Theory of - 1831 - 432 pages
...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...produce. As I had never before turned my thoughts to mechanism, either in theory or practice, nor had seen a loom at work, nor knew anything of its construction,...
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The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik].

George Lillie Craik - 1831 - 424 pages
...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...produce. As I had never before turned my thoughts to mechanism, either in theory or practice, nor had seen a loom at work, nor knew anything of its construction,...
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A Treatise on the Origin, Progressive Improvement, and Present State of the ...

George Richardson Porter - Sericulture - 1832 - 290 pages
...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...mechanical, either in theory or practice, nor had ever sefin a loom at work, or knew any thing of its construction, you will readily suppose that my first...
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Memoir of Samuel Slater: The Father of American Manufactures Connected with ...

George Savage White - Cotton - 1836 - 508 pages
...weaving, according to the conception I then had of the business, there could be only three movements, which were to follow each other in succession. there...piece of cloth, such as it was, was the produce. As 1 had never before turned my thoughts to any thing mechanical, either in theory or practice, nor had...
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The cotton fields and cotton factories

Henry Brown (artisan.) - Cotton - 1840 - 218 pages
...difficulty in producing and repeating them. Full of these ideas, I immediately employed a carpenter and a smith to carry them into effect. As soon as the machine...produce. As I had never before turned my thoughts to anything mechanical, either in theory or in practice, nor had ever seen a loom at work, or knew anything...
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The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Its Pleasures and ..., Volume 2

George Lillie Craik - Self-culture - 1840 - 288 pages
...the machine was finished I got a weaver to put in the warp, which was of such materials as sailcloth is usually made of. To my great delight, a piece of...produce. As I had never before turned my thoughts to mechanism, either in theory or practice, nor had seen a loom at work, nor knew anything of its construction,...
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Memoirs of the Most Eminent American Mechanics: Also, Lives of Distinguished ...

Henry Howe - Industrial arts - 1840 - 492 pages
...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. As I bad never before turned my thoughts to mechanism, either in theory or practice, nor had seen a loom...
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Memoirs of the Most Eminent American Mechanics: Also, Lives of Distinguished ...

Henry Howe - Industrial arts - 1842 - 516 pages
...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...produce. As I had never before turned my thoughts to mechanism, either in theory or practice, nor had seen a loom at work, nor knew any thing of its construction,...
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The Hand Book of Silk, Cotton and Woollen Manufactures

William Cooke Taylor - Spinning - 1843 - 242 pages
...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...turned my thoughts to any thing mechanical, either in * Dr. Cartwright probably spoke at random, but we have heard on good authority, that Sir Kichard Arkwright...
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