Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. (1899)
Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, Pa., A. J. Holman & Co · leaf 146
WEAVING. THE OLD WAY. … WEAVING. THE NEW WAY. 136 TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE XIXth CENTURY of the few heddles, but with the introduction of the dobbie, or that part ofthe loom which raises and lowers the harness-frames, a new era in fancyweaving was inaugurated. By this ingenious device as many as thirty-six oreven forty…
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