Revolution in Looms
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A short 1877 news item announcing a new upright, all-metal power loom invented by J. Melledge Flagg of Providence, Rhode Island. It describes the shuttle passing through the warp, metallic harnesses in place of twine, stationary shuttle boxes with only the reed moving to beat up, and two looms built into one frame driven by a single pulley.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1877
- 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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