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 . appeared that after-noon on the Common in a procession, accompanied bymusic, and men carrying a platform on which a weaverwas operating a loom, and, seating themselves in threerows, they spun at their spinning wheels. Weavers, cleanlydressed in garments of their own manufacture, were alsopresent. Some of the enthusiasm may have been aroused by anact passed on the 23d of June, 1753, by the Great andGeneral Court of his Majesties Province of the Massa-chusetts Bay
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 . appeared that after-noon on the Common in a procession, accompanied bymusic, and men carrying a platform on which a weaverwas operating a loom, and, seating themselves in threerows, they spun at their spinning wheels. Weavers, cleanlydressed in garments of their own manufacture, were alsopresent. Some of the enthusiasm may have been aroused by anact passed on the 23d of June, 1753, by the Great andGeneral Court of his Majesties Province of the Massa-chusetts Bay in New England, which granted fifteen hun-dred pounds to encourage the manufacture of linen. Itprovided that a tax be levied on every coach, chariot, chaise,calash, and chair within the province, to be paid by theowner thereof annually, except the governor, lieutenantgovernor, the president of Harvard, and the ministers ofthe province. The money was to be applied to the buy-ing of a piece of land and building or purchasing a suitablehouse for carrying on linen manufacture. Accordingly, a lot was bought Sept. 15, 1753, on Com-. HIGHS JENNY(According to Richard Guest) Figure 1.—A, the spindles, turned by strings from the drum B; C, therovings; D, the wire loops; E, the clove, which rises and falls in the grooveFF, and is opened and shut by the latch G. When the clove is down atthe spindles, at // it is opened and the drum is turned, which raises theclove by means of the cord II, which, passing over pulleys, is coiled roundthe bobbin K. As the clove rises, the rovings slide through it. When theclove is raised five or six inches to L, it is shut fast by the latch G, thedrum is again turned, which sets the spindles in motion and raises the cloveby the coiling of the cord round the bobbin. The rising of the clove drawsout the five or six inches of roving shut fast between the spindles and theclove into weft. When the clove is raised to M, the roving is sufficientlydrawn out. The b
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