 The warp was placed perpendicularly, the reed fell with a force of at least half a hundred weight, and the springs which threw the shuttle were strong enough to have thrown a Congreve rocket. In short, it required the strength of two powerful men to work...  Great industries of Great Britain - Page 87by Great Britain - 1884Full view - About this book
 | Robert Stuart, Robert Stuart Meikleham - 1829 - 418 pages
...Congreve rocket; in short it required the power of two powerful men to work the machine at a sloiy rate only for a short time. Conceiving, in my great simplicity,...what I thought a most valuable property, by a patent in April, 1785. This being done, I then condescended to see how other people wove, and you will guess... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1831 - 424 pages
...hundred weight, and the springs which threw the shuttle were strong enough to have thrown a Congreve rocket. In short, it required the strength of two...rate, and only for a short time. Conceiving in my simplicity that I had accomplished all that was required, I then secured what I thought a most valuable... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1831 - 438 pages
...hundred weight, and the springs which threw the shuttle wore strong enough to have thrown a Congreve rocket. In short, it required the strength of two...slow rate, and only for a short time Conceiving in my simplicity that I had accomplished all that was required, I then secured what I thought a most valuable... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner, George Richardson Porter - 1832 - 298 pages
...hundred weight; and the springs which threw the shuttle were strong enough to have thrown a Congreve rocket ; in short, it required the strength of two...machine at a slow rate, and only for a short time. jConceiving, in my great simplicity, that I had accomplished all that was required, I then secured... | |
 | George Richardson Porter - 1832 - 290 pages
...hundred weight ; and the springs which threw the shuttle were strong enough to have thrown a Cohgreve rocket ; in short, it required the strength of two...powerful men to work the machine at a slow rate, and only fora short time. Conceiving, in my great simplicity, that I had accomplished all that was required,... | |
 | 1835 - 492 pages
...hundred weight, and the springs which threw the shuttle were strong enough to have thrown a Congreve rocket. In short, it required the strength of two...machine at a slow rate, and only for a short time." This, as we have seen, was in 1785: he also applied his talents to effecting the substitution of machinery... | |
 | George Savage White - 1836 - 502 pages
...Congreve rocket; in short it required the power of two strong men to work the machine at a slow rate only for a short time. Conceiving, in my great simplicity,...what I thought a most valuable property, by a patent, in April 1785. This being done, I then condescended to see how other people wove, and you will guess... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1836 - 296 pages
...hundred weight, and the springs which threw the shuttle were strong enough to have thrown a Congreve rocket. In short, it required the strength of two...machine at a slow rate, and only for a short time." This, as we have seen, was in 1785: he also applied his talents to effecting the substitution of machinery... | |
 | 1838 - 482 pages
...hundred weight, and the springs which threw the shuttle were strong enough to have thrown a Congreve rocket. In short, it required the strength of two...machine at a slow rate, and only for a short time." This, as we have seen, was in 1785 : he also applied his talents to effecting the substitution of machinery... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1840 - 492 pages
...hundred weight, and the springs which threw the shuttle were strong enough to have thrown a Congreve rocket. In short, it required the strength of two...rate, and only for a short time. Conceiving in my simplicity that I had accomplished all that was required, I then secured what 1 thought a most valuable... | |
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