 | George Lillie Craik - 1831 - 424 pages
...Arkwright must then set his wits to work to invent a weaving-mill. This brought on a conversation upon the subject, in which the Manchester gentlemen unanimously...defence of their opinion they adduced arguments which I was certainly incompetent to answer, or even to comprehend, being totally ignorant of the subject,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1831 - 432 pages
...Arkwright must then set his wits to work to invent a weaving-mill. This brought on a conversation upon the subject, in which the Manchester gentlemen unanimously...defence of their opinion they adduced arguments which I was certainly incompetent to answer, or even to comprehend, being totally ignorant of the subject,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1831 - 438 pages
...then set his wits to work to invent a weaving-mil'This brought on a conversation upon the suhjecf, in which the Manchester gentlemen unanimously agreed...that the thing was impracticable ; and in defence ol their opinion they adduced arguments which I w88 certainly incompetent to answer, or even to comprehend,... | |
 | George Richardson Porter - 1832 - 290 pages
...this observation I replied, that Arkwright must then set hi« wits to work to invent a weaving mill. This brought on a conversation on the subject, in...impracticable ; and, in defence of their opinion, they adduced argumwU which I certainly was incompetent to answer or even to comprehend, being totally ignorant of... | |
 | 1835 - 492 pages
...this observation I replied, that Arkwright must then set his wits to work to invent a weaving mill. This brought on a conversation on the subject, in...controverted however the impracticability of the thing." Looms driven by power had been constructed before, but they had not been made to answer ; and it is... | |
 | Sir Edward Baines - 1835 - 590 pages
...wits to work to invent a weaving mill. This brought on a conversation on the subject, in which tk« Manchester gentlemen unanimously agreed that the thing...comprehend, being totally ignorant of the subject, having nener *i that time seen a person weave. I controverted, however, tie impracticability of the thing... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1836 - 296 pages
...this observation I replied, that Arkwright must then set his wits to work to invent a weaving mill. This brought on a conversation on the subject, in...controverted however the impracticability of the thing." Looms driven by power had been constructed before, but they had not been made to answer ; and it is... | |
 | George Savage White - 1836 - 508 pages
...mis observation I replied, that Arkwright mast then set his wits to work to invent a weaving machine. This brought on a conversation on the subject, in...impracticable ; and in defence of their opinion they adduced argument which I certainly was incompetent to answer, or even to comprehend, being Totally ignorant... | |
 | 1838 - 512 pages
...this observation I replied, that Arkwright must then set his wits to work to invent a weaving mill. This brought on a conversation on the subject, in...controverted however the impracticability of the thing." Looms driven by power had been constructed before, but they had not been made to answer; and it is... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1840 - 492 pages
...Arkwright must then set his wits to work to invent a weaving-mill. This brought on a conversation upon the subject, in which the Manchester gentlemen unanimously...defence of their opinion they adduced arguments which I was certainly incompetent to answer, or even to comprehend, being totally ignorant of the subject,... | |
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This brought on a conversation on the subject, in which the Manchester gentlemen unanimously agreed that the thing was impracticable, and in defence of their opinion, they adduced arguments which I certainly was incompetent to answer, or even to comprehend,... 
