. The Paisley thread industry and the men who created and developed it, with notes concerning Paisley, old and new . Jajies Clarks House ix Coitox Street. of these small firms of twisters in Paisley in those days, and thematerial they used was principally linen. The loop or eye of the heddle was made of fine silk, as thatpart required to be particularly smooth. The silk was, of course,imported. On 20th November, 1806, Napoleon issued his famousBerlin Decree, by which an interdict was placed on the commerceof Britain, and the supply of silk ceased. In this predicamentJames Clarks brother, Patri
. The Paisley thread industry and the men who created and developed it, with notes concerning Paisley, old and new . Jajies Clarks House ix Coitox Street. of these small firms of twisters in Paisley in those days, and thematerial they used was principally linen. The loop or eye of the heddle was made of fine silk, as thatpart required to be particularly smooth. The silk was, of course,imported. On 20th November, 1806, Napoleon issued his famousBerlin Decree, by which an interdict was placed on the commerceof Britain, and the supply of silk ceased. In this predicamentJames Clarks brother, Patrick, turned his attention to perfecting The Clark Firm Zl in smoothness a cotton thread, and, as the inventions of Har-greaves, Arkwright, and Crompton had now placed fine cottonyarn on the market, he succeeded in producing a smooth cottonheddle yarn which replaced the silk. This improvement continuedtill cotton for heddles entirely superseded silk. Thus it may beremarked that Napoleon and the Clark family between them,.
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