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Practical Detail of the Cotton Manufacture of the United States of America
Practical Detail of the Cotton Manufacture of the United States of America Author:James Montgomery Subtitle: And the State of the Cotton Manufacture of That Country Contrasted and Compared With That of Great Britain; With Comparative Estimates of the Cost of Manufacturing in Both Countries ... General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1840 Original Publisher: J. Niven Description: Half-title: The cotton manufacture o... more »f the United States of America contrasted and compared with that of Great Britain. Subjects: Cotton manufacture Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: SPEEDERS. The first machine which follows the drawing frame is in this country usually denominated a " Speeder," and of these there is some variety; as for example, the Taunton Speeder, the Double Speeder, the Eclipse Speeder, and the Plate Speeder. All these are entirely American inventions. The first, viz. the Taunton Speeder, takes its name from the place where it was first put in operation, Taunton, in the State of Massachusetts, a place where there is a great deal of very superior machinery made. This machine was patented in England in 1825, hy Mr. Dyer of Manchester, and is known by the name of Dyer's Frame. They are also made in Glasgow, by Mr. Holdsworth, and Messrs. William Craig« less
ISBN-13: 9780678005729 ISBN-10: 0678005729 Pages:241 Edition:New issue of 1840 ed Rating: