. The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biograhy, geography, commerce, etc., of the world . •VIT T^kA^. Di??u):NT ur spinninc. ma(Hini;ry. 1. Indian Spinning-Wheel. i. Saxony Spinning-Wlieel. ,r Avl»tIkIus Walcr-Frame. 4. Hargreav« Spinning-Jenny. 5- Cromptons MuW. 6. Throstlr TEXTILE INDUSTRY superintendent of a little silk-mill in Paterson, , which he afterward purchased and graduallyenlarged. At first sewing silks only were made,then ribbons were added, and in 1842 Mr. Rylebuilt a number of looms for silk piece-goods —t
. The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biograhy, geography, commerce, etc., of the world . •VIT T^kA^. Di??u):NT ur spinninc. ma(Hini;ry. 1. Indian Spinning-Wheel. i. Saxony Spinning-Wlieel. ,r Avl»tIkIus Walcr-Frame. 4. Hargreav« Spinning-Jenny. 5- Cromptons MuW. 6. Throstlr TEXTILE INDUSTRY superintendent of a little silk-mill in Paterson, , which he afterward purchased and graduallyenlarged. At first sewing silks only were made,then ribbons were added, and in 1842 Mr. Rylebuilt a number of looms for silk piece-goods —the first to be successfully operated in America;and the industry in all its branches has since de-veloped so rapidly there that Paterson, whichcalls itself the Lyons of America, now occu-pies to this industry the same relation that FallRiver does to the cotton manufacture, and Phil-adelphia to the wool manufacture. During theCivil War the high duties stimulated the silkindustry and diversified its product. The makingof plain gros-grain dress silks was then started,and at the present time brocaded silks and satinsare manufactured on a large scale; indeed t
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