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Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 19,5 MB
Release : 2015-07-27
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781332011452
Book Description
Excerpt from Essex Institute, Vol. 33: Historical Collections In October, 17 86, the Hon. Richard Cranch, a Senator and brother-in-law of John Adams, with Mr. Bowdoin of the House, afterwards Governor of Massachusetts, and others, were a committee to View any new-invented machines that are making within this commonwealth for the purpose of manufacturing sheep's and cotton wool, and to report what measures are proper for the legisla ture to take to encourage the same. They had no ditfi culty in discovering such machines, for models had been brought to Boston for the purpose and they reported, in November, a resolve which was passed granting two hundred pounds to enable the brothers Barr, two Scotch weavers and machinists, then at Bridgewater, to perfect the apparatus exhibited, and also a roping machine and such other contrivances as were necessary for carding, roping and spinning of sheeps wool as well as cotton wool. The legislature in a body then inspected the machines, commended the public spirit of the inventors, allowed their account to the amount of one hundred and eighty-nine pounds and twelve shillings, purchased their models, and gave them, instead of the promised two hundred pounds, six tickets in the land-lottery of 1787. In March, 1787, the state also granted twenty pounds more to encourage another Scotchman named Thomas Somers, of whom we shall hear more, said to have been a midshipman in the British navy, to perfect apparatus for carding and Spinning cotton. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.