Triumphs of invention and discovery in art and science (1876)
Fyfe, J. Hamilton (James Hamilton), 1837-1880 · London ; Edinburgh ; New York : T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row · leaf 240
he was whispering in her ear, thather lover thou^dit of inventincj a machine that wouldfacilitate and forward the operation of knitting, andso leave the object of his love more leisure to con-verse with him. Love, indeed, says Beckmann, is fertile in invention, and gave rise, it is said, to theart… … WILLIAM LEE, THE INVENTOR OF THE STOCKING-FRAME. Page 226. TriE SILK MANUFACTURF. 227 of 11 lover. But afterwards, when Lee, in his pain-fully enforced idleness, sat many a long hour watch-ing his wifes nimble fingers toiling to support him,his mind again recurred to the idea of a machinethat would…
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