Two pages from The Textile Mercury (April 1890) covering British textile patent news. They list patent applications for early April 1890, published specifications, and abstracts of 1888 specifications on union yarn, pile-fabric weaving, dobbies, ring spinning, knitting machines, dyes and finishing. Page 1 also carries brief trade, joint-stock company and Gazette (bankruptcy and partnership) news. The abstracts include mechanical diagrams, but no weaving drafts.