. The story of textiles; a bird's-eye view of the history of the beginning and the growth of the industry by which mankind is clothed. ed gentlemen in Beverly have procureda complete set of machines for carding and spinning cot-ton, with which an experiment was made a few days ago,answering the warmest wishes of the proprietors. Thejenny spun sixty threads at a time, and with carding ma-chine forty pounds of cotton can be well carded in a day,—the warping machines, and the other tools and machin-ery, part of which go by water, are all complete,—^performtheir various operations to great advanta
. The story of textiles; a bird's-eye view of the history of the beginning and the growth of the industry by which mankind is clothed. ed gentlemen in Beverly have procureda complete set of machines for carding and spinning cot-ton, with which an experiment was made a few days ago,answering the warmest wishes of the proprietors. Thejenny spun sixty threads at a time, and with carding ma-chine forty pounds of cotton can be well carded in a day,—the warping machines, and the other tools and machin-ery, part of which go by water, are all complete,—^performtheir various operations to great advantage, and promisemuch benefit to the public and emolument to the patrioticadventurers.* A few weeks later the same newspaper said that a and Mr. Somers, who understood the makingand finishing of velvets, corduroys, jeans, fustians, denims,marseilles quiltings, dimity, muslins, etc., had introducedinto Beverly the machines for carding and spinning. Theyhad the patronage of the Hon. George Cabot, who hadsecured the influence of a number of gentlemen in Beverlyto organize for the purpose of establishing the ARKWRIGHTS ORIGINAL WATER FRAME WITH THE SPECIFICATIONSON THE ORIGINAL PATENT PAPERS TAKEN OUT BY HIM ON JULY 15, 1769. Now know ye that I, the said Richard Arkwright, do hereby describeand ascertain the nature of my said invention, and declare that the planthereof drawn in the margin of these presents is composed of the followingparticulars, (that is to say) A, the Cogg Wheel and Shaft, which receivetheir motion from a horse. B, the Drum or Wheel which turns C, a belt ofleather, and gives motion to the whole machine. D, a lead weight, whichkeeps F, the small drum, steady to E, the forcing Wheel. G, the shaftof wood which gives motion to the Wheel H, and continues it to /, fourpair of Rollers, (the form of which are drawn in the margin,) which act bytooth and pinion made of brass and steel nuts fixt in two iron plates part of the roller which th
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