"Manufacture of Fish Nets" from Industries of Scotland
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A chapter from David Bremner's The Industries of Scotland (1869) on the manufacture of fishing nets. It covers hand net-making in coastal villages, the shift from hemp to cotton twine, and the story of James Paterson, inventor of the net-loom at Musselburgh around 1820. It also describes J. & W. Stuart's Musselburgh factory, the preparation and spinning of hemp, how the net machine forms knotted meshes, the types of nets made, worker wages and conditions, and the spread of net manufacture to other Scottish towns.
- Type
- Monograph
- Date
- 1869
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 9
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