Issue of the Manchester trade weekly The Textile Mercury for 16 April 1892, covering the textile industries with emphasis on cotton, wool, flax and silk. News and commentary cover the Lancashire cotton lock-out, factory cleaning rules, fair trade, tariffs, patent fees, the Caraguata fibre of Paraguay, the Russian flax trade, the Australian wool trade, and a Tasmanian exhibition. Technical items include an installment on the analysis of pattern (pile fabrics) with drafts, cotton dress fabric designs with threading and pegging plans, illustrated articles on differential motions for roving frames and a mule brake, silk dyeing methods, and patent abstracts for looms and knitting machines. Also includes regional mill news, Irish news, cotton market reports and letters to the editor.

Type

Periodical

Date

April 16, 1892

Language

English

Pages

16

Weaving drafts

on 2 pages: 6, 7

Archive notes

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