Nystrom, Paul Henry, 1878- [from old catalog], Wisconsin. University. University extension division. [from old catalog] · New York, Chicago [etc.] D. Appleton and company · leaf 55
control. Power weaving.—In 1785, an English preacher namedEdmund Cartwright discovered the possibility of the ap-plication of power to the loom. Previous to this time alllooms had been operated by hand. But the English pro-ducers looked askance at power looms long after they hadadopted power… … Jacquard Loom.28 MECHANICAL DEVICES FOR PREPARATION 29 century, but they have been largely in increasing the speed,decreasing stoppage time, and making the looms automaticso that they will run with little or no attention, and stop themoment anything goes wrong. For example, the stopsmade to change…
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