Draper corporation. [from old catalog], Draper, George Otis, 1867-1923 · [Milford, Mass., Printed by Milford journal co.] · leaf 33
f theentire art. It is possible that the crudest looms of pre-historictime required one minute to lay each pick, considering that noharnesses were used to separate the warp sheds. We havereason to suppose that the hand loom before Kay produced atthe rate of about 20 picks per minute, doubling to 40… … 31 in recent times. The early power looms probably started aboutlOO picks per minute, gradually increasing till by 1850, inAmerica, print looms were running at a speed of 150 picks perminute, with operatives tending four looms. Possibly they raneven faster in England, but the operatives there only…
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