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Lamb's textile industry of the United States, embracing biographical sketches of prominment men and a historical résumé of the progress of textile manufacture from the earliest records to the present time; (1911)

Brown, John Howard, 1840-1917, Foster, E. Everton, Norris, Edith Mary, b. 1858 · Boston, Mass., James H. Lamb company · leaf 366

An illustration from Lamb's textile industry of the United States, embracing biographical sketches of prominment men and a historical résumé of the progress of textile manufacture from the earliest records to the present time;, 1911, leaf 366
ute, that is,forty-five weft or cross threads were woven every minute. In 1857 Mr.Crompton constructed and patented a broad loom, nearly double the widthof the old loom, and he demonstrated that this new loom could be run atwhat was then considered the extraordinary speed of eighty-five picks… … -i

Textile industry -- United States · Industrialists

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