. History of Worcester and its people . g stylesof wider range to be woven. Multipliers reduce the cost of operation. One of his recent multipliers promisesto be an advance over others, having five chains. It will be especially useful in weavingblankets with stripes. Mr. Ryon has invented various devices for take-up on various worsted loomsand they are widely used. He has also patented a variety of cop-winders. He deviseda worm-driving mechanism used on the dobby jiattern mechanism; a Knowles headfor use with a magazine for automatic filling feed; a tuft-carrier for carpet looms;a device for r
. History of Worcester and its people . g stylesof wider range to be woven. Multipliers reduce the cost of operation. One of his recent multipliers promisesto be an advance over others, having five chains. It will be especially useful in weavingblankets with stripes. Mr. Ryon has invented various devices for take-up on various worsted loomsand they are widely used. He has also patented a variety of cop-winders. He deviseda worm-driving mechanism used on the dobby jiattern mechanism; a Knowles headfor use with a magazine for automatic filling feed; a tuft-carrier for carpet looms;a device for regulating the feed of the warps, known as a let-off mechanism. Another very valuable addition to the automatic loom is his holding-and-releasingdevice for bobbins, giving a greater variety in the filling colors than had been possiblebefore, changing the filling in any of the shuttles automatically before patent covers all of the six-box automatic looms that have been sold. His mould-ing machine is in use in the AND ITS PEOPLE J51 When the process for making artificial silk was being developed in England, was sent thither with an expert chemist to examine the process and stndy thebusiness. The art of making from cellulose a fabric equal in appearance and evenmore lustrous being developed. Upon his return Mr. Ryon set to work to producethe machinery necessary for equipping a small plant for making this artificial with t. M. Waite he patented a machine for the production of the artificialsilk thread. A plant was built near Philadelphia, and after passing through vicissi-tudes, due principally to lack of capital, the industry finally developed into very largeproportions and became correspondingly prosperous. Mr. Ryon sold his interests inthe machine. CHARLES FORREST PHARAOH, President of the Walker Ice Company, wasborn in Cowansville, Province of yuebec, Canada. February 18, i860, son of Johnand Margaret Pharaoh. His father was born in
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