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... length the princess became the mother of a beautiful boy , and the thoughts of the bargain she had made almost drove her to distraction . Every effort she made to discover the name of the wonderful spinner utterly failed , and he at ...
... length the princess became the mother of a beautiful boy , and the thoughts of the bargain she had made almost drove her to distraction . Every effort she made to discover the name of the wonderful spinner utterly failed , and he at ...
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... length , and the shoulder thus formed will prevent any little mishap of that nature , which might otherwise occur . The shuttle being thus made ready , the cop tender ( bobbin winder ) tips the ' let off , ' whereupon that shuttle ...
... length , and the shoulder thus formed will prevent any little mishap of that nature , which might otherwise occur . The shuttle being thus made ready , the cop tender ( bobbin winder ) tips the ' let off , ' whereupon that shuttle ...
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... length ; and all the levers being thus placed side by side in a row , at the top of the loom , their front ends form a row across the loom , until some are drawn back with an endway motion upon their fulcrum , by the straight edge , T ...
... length ; and all the levers being thus placed side by side in a row , at the top of the loom , their front ends form a row across the loom , until some are drawn back with an endway motion upon their fulcrum , by the straight edge , T ...
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... length to reach up to the under extremity of the figure No. 1 , passing into that part of the machine on which it is seated , and from thence into his interior . This arrangement being clearly understood , the operation will be obvious ...
... length to reach up to the under extremity of the figure No. 1 , passing into that part of the machine on which it is seated , and from thence into his interior . This arrangement being clearly understood , the operation will be obvious ...
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... length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits , ( 51 ft . 1 inch , ) and the breadth of one curtain four cubits : and every one of the curtains shall have one measure . " From this we perceive that the web in the reed , or ...
... length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits , ( 51 ft . 1 inch , ) and the breadth of one curtain four cubits : and every one of the curtains shall have one measure . " From this we perceive that the web in the reed , or ...
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apparatus arrangement attached axis barrel bead lams bobbins breadth breast beam cam shaft carpet carriage Cashmere catch centre cloth roller colours comb connected cross cylinder damask dents design paper double cloth draw loom embroidery fabric fastened figure fixed frame France front fulcrum gauze groove harness board holes hook horizontal improvements inches invention knot lace lash leaf tweel leaves of headles length lever long march machinery manufacture means motion mounting needles operation pantograph passes patent pattern picks of weft piece pincers pinion placed plain plain weaving plate power loom produced pulley purpose raised ratchet wheel reed round screw selvage shawls shed shown in Fig side silk slide Spitalfields spring stripes stud-pin suitable tail cord tappet teeth texture thread breaks tion treadles turned twine upper warp threads weaver weft thread weight wire woven yarn beam
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Page 295 - A wreath, that cannot fade, of flowers, that blow With most success when all besides decay. The poet's or historian's page by one Made vocal for...
Page 20 - Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
Page 46 - Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart to work all manner of work of the engraver. And of the cunning workman and of the embroiderer, in blue and in purple, in scarlet and in fine linen and of the weaver, even of them that do any work and of those that devise cunning work.
Page 45 - Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.
Page 295 - Of sounding an alarm assaults these doors Till the street rings ; no stationary steeds Cough their own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circle fan themselves, and quake : But here the needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted flower...
Page 328 - He had infinite quickness of apprehension, a prodigious memory, and a certain rectifying and methodizing power of understanding, which extracted something precious out of all that was presented to it. His stores of miscellaneous knowledge were immense, and yet less astonishing than the command he had at all times over them. It seemed as if every subject that was casually started in...
Page 124 - some of them were so delicate that they would pass through a man's ring, and a single person could carry a sufficient number of them to surround a whole wood.
Page 46 - Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts ; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD. 39 And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework.
Page 489 - Secretary to the Board of Trustees for the Encouragement of Manufactures in Scotland ; also...
Page 380 - The wise and active conquer difficulties, By daring to attempt them. Sloth and folly Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, And make th