Specification of the Patent Granted to Mr. Robert Miller for a Method of Weaving All kinds of Linen, Cotton, Woollen, and Worsted Cloths
Sample pages
Page 8, at reduced quality. Open the document to read every page in full.
Text of the 1796 patent specification of Robert Miller, a calico-printer at Milton Printfield, Dumbarton, Scotland, for a water-powered loom (also adaptable to steam, horse or other power) for weaving linen, cotton, woollen and worsted cloths. It describes the loom frame, the spindle with grooved sheave, wipers and treadles, the ratchet take-up of the cloth, the shuttle-driving cords and fly-pin, and a safety device that stops the loom if the shuttle fails to pass. Two engraved plates (VIII and IX) show side and front views of the loom mechanism.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1798
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 9
(A free account is all you need)
From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
Have missing pages or a better copy of this document, or another document to share? Contributing documents »