Weaving. -- No. XXV: The Power Loom
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Installment No. XXV of the series "Weaving" in Engineering (18 June 1875), tracing the early history of the power loom. It lists the operations a power loom must perform and describes early attempts: de Gennes's 1678 machine, the Barbers' 1774 patent (with their full specification text), Cartwright's patents from 1785, and the Miller "wiper" loom, Johnson/Radcliffe "dandy" loom, and Horrocks "crank" loom. Illustrated with engraved drawings (Figs. 257-261) of the early machines.
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- Article
- Date
- June 18, 1875
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 3
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- Reduced to 85% to fit on printed page.
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