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" ... be little difficulty in producing and repeating them. Full of these ideas, I immediately employed a carpenter and smith to carry them into effect. As soon as the machine was finished I got a weaver to put in the warp, which was of such materials as... "
The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties - Page 284
by George Lillie Craik - 1847
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A Compendious History of the Cotton-manufacture: With a Disproval of the ...

Richard Guest - Cotton growing - 1823 - 110 pages
...machine was finished, I got a weaver to put in the warp, which was of such " materials as sail cloth is usually made of. To my great delight, a piece of...produce. " As I had never before turned my thoughts to any thing mechanical, either " in theory or practice, nor had ever seen a loom at work, or knew any...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ...

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1824 - 884 pages
...immediately employed a carpenter and smith to carry them into effect. As soon as the machine was finished, 1 got a weaver to put in the warp, which was of such...produce. As I had never before turned my thoughts to any thing mechanical, either in theory or practice, nor had ever seen a loom at work, or knew any thing...
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The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Illustrated by Anecdotes, Volume 2

George Lillie Craik - Philosophy - 1831 - 436 pages
...unanimously agreed that the thing was impracticable ; and in defence of their opinion they adduced arguments which I was certainly incompetent to answer,...or practice, nor had seen a loom at work, nor knew anything of its construction, you will readily suppose that my first loom must have been a most rude...
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The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik].

George Lillie Craik - 1831 - 424 pages
...follow each other in succession, there could be little difficulty in producing and repeating them. Pull of these ideas, I immediately employed a carpenter...or practice, nor had seen a loom at work, nor knew anything of its construction, you will readily suppose that my first loom must have been a most rude...
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A Treatise on the Origin, Progressive Improvement, and Present State of the ...

George Richardson Porter - Sericulture - 1831 - 370 pages
...business, there could be only three movements which were to follow each other in succession, there would be little difficulty in producing and repeating them....produce. As I had never before turned my thoughts to any thing mechanical, either in theory or practice, nor had ever seen a loom at work, or knew any thing...
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The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Illustrated by Anecdotes, Volume 2

George Lillie Craik - Knowledge, Theory of - 1831 - 438 pages
...the machine was finished 1 got a weaver to put in the warp, which was of such materials as sail cloth is usually made of. To my great delight, a piece of cloth, such as it wan, wan the produce. As 1 had never before turned my thoughts to mechanism, either in theory or practice,...
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A Treatise on the Origin, Progressive Improvement and Present State of the ...

Dionysius Lardner, George Richardson Porter - Sericulture - 1832 - 298 pages
...machine was finished, I got a weaver to put in the warp, which was of such materials as sail-cloth ia usually made of: to my great delight a piece of cloth,...produce. As I had never before turned my thoug-hts to any thing mechanical, either in theory or practice, nor had ever seen a loom at work, or knew any thing...
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History of the Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain

Sir Edward Baines - Cotton growing - 1835 - 656 pages
...business, there could only be three movements, which were to follow each other in succession, there would be little difficulty in producing and repeating them....produce. As I had never before turned my thoughts to any thing mechanical, either in theory or practice, nor had ever seen a loom at work, or knew any thing...
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History of the Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain, Volume 1

Sir Edward Baines - Cotton growing - 1835 - 590 pages
...machine was finished, I got a weaver to put in the warp, which was of such materials as •ail-cloth is usually made of. To my great delight, a piece of...produce. As I had never before turned my thoughts to any thing mechanical, either in theory or practice, nor had ever seen a loom at work, or knew any thing...
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Memoir of Samuel Slater: The Father of American Manufactures : Connected ...

George Savage White - Cotton - 1836 - 636 pages
...the machine was finished I got a weaver to put in the warp, which was of such materials as sail cloth is usually made of. To my great delight, a piece of...produce. As I had never before turned my thoughts to any thing mechanical, either in theory or practice, nor had ever seen a loom at work or knew any thing...
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