Biography of an Inventor [E. B. Bigelow]
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A Scientific American editorial from February 1854 reviewing a biography of power-loom inventor Erastus B. Bigelow, published in Hunt's Merchant's Magazine and written by N. Cleveland. The editors argue the biography exaggerates Bigelow's feat of inventing a coach-lace power loom in six weeks, noting Jacquard's earlier work on figured-fabric looms. They still credit Bigelow with carpet power-loom improvements, many patents, his Lancaster, Mass. carpet factory, and power-woven silk brocatelles shown at the Crystal Palace.
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