Lace-Making
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A short 1870 magazine piece on machine lace-making in England, centered on Nottingham. It reports that over 660 patents were taken out in ninety years, mostly by working-men, and that much machinery was discarded as obsolete. It recounts Charles Babbage's visit to a Nottingham lace machine and argues that inventors would benefit from theoretical mechanical education. The data come from remarks at a British Association meeting in Nottingham.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1870
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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