The Paisley thread industry and the men who created and developed it, with notes concerning Paisley, old and new (1907)
Blair, Matthew, d. 1908 · Paisley, A. Gardner · leaf 30
could now be made so cheaply byCromptons mule, and the power-loom which speedily followed,completely turned the current of trade. Lancashire was now Change to Cotton—Causes of Expansion 25 enabled to produce goods, even with well paid labour, at pricesfar below those of India, and a trade to the… … Hajijiili.s, axd Ci.arks Mills, 1882. cable thread, perhaps not quite so strong as linen, but strongenough for all ordinary purposes, much more smooth, and greatlycheaper. King Cotton had gained the day. Up till the end of the eighteenth century, the cotton importedinto this country was chiefly…
Cotton manufacture · Thread
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