Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. . WEAVING. THE OLD WEAVING. THE NEW WAY. 136 TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE XIXth CENTURY of the few heddles, but with the introduction of the dobbie, or that part ofthe loom which raises and lowers the harness-frames, a new era in fancyweaving was inaugurated. By this ingenious device as many a

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Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. . WEAVING. THE OLD WEAVING. THE NEW WAY. 136 TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE XIXth CENTURY of the few heddles, but with the introduction of the dobbie, or that part ofthe loom which raises and lowers the harness-frames, a new era in fancyweaving was inaugurated. By this ingenious device as many as thirty-six oreven forty heddles could be used and raised at will to form figures. The crea-tion of the dobbie belongs to the 19th century, and it is found in practicalform about 1863 in the United States under the name of the American orKnowles dobbie. The essentials are the two cylinder gears revolving con-

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