[Silk-related entries from Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary]
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A single page of dictionary entries on silk and silk machinery, excerpted from Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary. Entries define terms such as raw silk, floss silk, organzine, thrown silk, thrown singles, tussah silk and spun silver, and describe machines like the silk-doubling machine and the cutting-engine. The longest entry recounts John Lombe's 1717-1719 introduction of Italian silk-throwing machinery to Derby, England.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1876
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
- Archive notes
- Collected short articles
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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