Two pages from The Textile Mercury, 1 February 1890 (pp. 89-90), listing British textile patents. They cover applications filed 20-25 January 1890, published, amended and later-edition specifications, and abstracts of 1888 specifications. The abstracts include flax spinning pirns, knitting machinery for heels and toes, straight bar knitting, wool cleaning, fibre separation, elastic and fireproof fabrics, and pile-fabric apparatus for rugs. A directory of textile machinery makers follows.