The story of textiles; a bird's-eye view of the history of the beginning and the growth of the industry by which mankind is clothed (1912)
Walton, Perry, 1865-1941 · Boston, Mass., J. S. Lawrence · leaf 23
ater Mill, Pawtucket, R. 1 160 Carding, Drawing, and Roving as it was in Samuel Slaters Early Mills 166 Samuel Slater 172 Moses Brown 178 Washingtons Visit to the First Cotton Mill at Beverly, Mass., Oct. 30, 1789 184 Francis C. Lowell 190 Nathan Appleton 196 P. T. Jackson 202 A Modern Mule… … WARRIOR OF THE GILBERT ISLANDS, SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN {From an Exhibit in the Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass.) His armor is woven of cocoanut fibre, and is a protection against thenative weapons which are edged with swords teeth. The mat at his backis a protection against stones tlirown at the enemy by…
Textile industry
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