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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 148

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nected to the harness levers, and the shed isagain formed without human intervention. Other forms of dobbie structureshave been evolved during the last fifty years, but these two, with some modi-fications and additions of details, have come extensively into practical use,and represent the zenith of… … JACQUARD MACHINE. rics, are now possible at a cost of a thousandth part only of that incurredwhen produced by any of the old types of machines. The subject of shedding, i. e., of opening the warp-threads to afford apassage for the shuttle, is so inseparably connected with the name of Jac-quard,…

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