. A dictionary of arts, manufactures and mines : containing a clear exposition of their principles and practice. are held in a state of complete servitude, having no power to take asingle apprentice into their works beyond the number specified by the Union, nor any sortof machine which is likely to supersede hand labor in any remarkable degree. Hencethe hat trade is, generally speaking, unproductive to the capitalist, and incapable of re-ceiving any considerable development. The public of a free country like this, ought tocounteract this disgraceful state of things, by renouncing the wear of s
. A dictionary of arts, manufactures and mines : containing a clear exposition of their principles and practice. are held in a state of complete servitude, having no power to take asingle apprentice into their works beyond the number specified by the Union, nor any sortof machine which is likely to supersede hand labor in any remarkable degree. Hencethe hat trade is, generally speaking, unproductive to the capitalist, and incapable of re-ceiving any considerable development. The public of a free country like this, ought tocounteract this disgraceful state of things, by renouncing the wear of stuff hats, a branchof the business entirely under the control of this despotic Union, and betake themselvesto the use of silk hats, which, from recent improvements in their fabric and dyeing, arenot a whit inferior to the beaver hats, in. comfort, appearance, or durability, while theymay be had of the best quality for one fourth part of their price. The annexed figures represent Mr. Ollerenshaws machine, now generally employedor ironing hats. Fig. 534 is the frame-work or standard upon which three of these. lathes are mounted, as a, b, c. The lathe a is intended to be employed when thecrown of the hat is to be ironed. The lathe b, when the flat top, and the upper side ofthe brim is ironed, and lathe c, when its under side is ironed; motion being given to thewhole by means of a band passing from any first mover (as a steam-engine, water-wheel,&c.) to the drum on the main shaft a a. From this drum a strap passes over the riggerbjWhich actuates the axle of the lathe a. On to this lathe a sort of chuck is screwed, andto the chuck the block c is made fast by screws, bolts, or pins. This block is represent-ed in section, in order to show the manner in which it is made, of several pieces heldfast by the centre wedge-piece, as seen at fig. 535. The hat-block being made to turn round with the chuck, at the rate of about twentyturns per minute, but in the opposite direction to the revolu
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