Chronological Events in the Textile Industry
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Installment of a chronological list of textile industry inventions and events from 1742 to 1783, published in Posselt's Textile Journal, August 1911, and continued from the March issue. Entries cover cotton gins, ribbon looms, carding machines, the spinning jenny, Arkwright's water frame, Crompton's mule, Almond's hand loom, power loom attempts, stocking frames, lace machines, and early American mills. Illustrations show Hargreaves' jenny, Arkwright's water frame, a roving frame and carding engine, Almond's loom, and Crompton's mule. A short unrelated note on removing nap from cotton yarns with konnyaku before mercerising ends the second page.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1911
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
- Archive notes
- Scanned images provided by John Cropper.
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