The Silk Stocking an Inventor's Fate
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A short, popular and somewhat romanticized account of William Lee, the English clergyman who invented the stocking frame (mechanical knitting machine) in 1589-1593. It tells how he was moved by watching his sweetheart Mary hand-knit, built the machine, moved to London under Lord Hunsdon's patronage, and was refused a patent by Queen Elizabeth I, even after producing silk stockings in 1598. Lee died in poverty in 1608. A halftone illustration titled "The Origin of the Knitting Machine" accompanies the text.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- April 1929
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
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