Barker, A. F. (Aldred Farrer), b. 1868, Gardner, Walter Myers 1862- [from old catalog], Snow, R. [from old catalog], Cook, William H. [from old catalog], Bradbury, Fred. [from old catalog] · New York, D. Van Nostrand company · leaf 370
THE LINEN INDUSTRY :J51 and also centralised the work in mills and factories. Thespinning of flax by machinery was attempted in GreatBritain fully a decade previous to any similar experimentin Ireland, notwithstanding that the latter country hadacquired a considerable reputation for flax spinning.… … Fig. 80.—Loading flax.From a photograph, by A. F. Barker. first it was only possible to produce by machinery thecoarser and lower dry spun numbers of yarn. The firstmachines for this purpose were started in Cork, and laterat Ballymena and Crumlin, in county Antrim, about theyear 1787. The Irish…
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