Warp Machine
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A short dictionary entry defining the warp machine as a lace-making machine with a separate thread for each needle, unlike the single-thread stocking frame. It gives the machine's invention around 1775, Dawson's 1784 improvements with rotary motion and cam-wheels for the guide-bars, and Draper's 1839 application of the Jacquard apparatus.
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- Article
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- 1876
- Language
- English
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- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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