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Articles Associated with Weaving, Textiles, Lace, and Related Subjects

Repertory of Arts and Manufactures

Method of Causing the Bobbin of the Common Spinning-Wheel to Move Backward and Forward, Antis, John. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 1 (1794), 5 pages. CD (HWDA09). Posted June 3, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 564 KB PDF

Specification of the Patent Granted to Mr. Joseph Barton for an Improved Method of Preparing Indigo for the Purpose of Dying Wool, Silk, Cotton, and Other Articles, Barton, Joseph. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 9 (1798), 2 pages. CD (HWDA09). Posted June 7, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 425 KB PDF

Specification of Mr. Belfour's Patent for Making Ropes and Cordage, Belfour, John Daniel. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 2 (1795), 35 pages. CD (HWDA09). Posted June 4, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.8 MB PDF

Extract of a Memoir on the Cultivation of the Indigo-Plant, and the Preparation of Indigo, Brulley. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 16 (1802), 5 pages. CD (HWDA09). Posted June 13, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 624 KB PDF

Description of a Patent Machine for Combing Wool, Cartwright, Edmund. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 1 (1794), 7 pages. CD (HWDA09). Posted June 3, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 636 KB PDF

Specification of the Patent Granted to Mr. William Chapman for a Method of Laying, Twisting, or Making Ropes and Cordage, Chapman, William. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 9 (1798), 48 pages. CD (HWDA09). Posted June 7, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.3 MB PDF

Observations of the Effect of Mordants in Dying Cotton Red, Chaptal, J. A. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 10 (1799), 8 pages. CD (HWDA09). Posted June 10, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 708 KB PDF

On the Use of Oxides or Calces of Iron in Dying Cotton, Chaptal, J. A. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 10 (1799), 11 pages. CD (HWDA09). Posted June 10, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 828 KB PDF

Specification of the Patent Granted to John Curry for a Method of Forming and Making a Flat Rope, Curr, John. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 10 (1799), 7 pages. CD (HWDA09). Posted June 10, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 700 KB PDF

Specification of Mr. Eckhardt's Patent for Cloth Hangings Resembling Damask, Lace, &c., Eckhardt, Francis Frederick. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 2 (1795), 3 pages. CD (HWDA09). Posted June 4, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 492 KB PDF

Specification of the Patent Granted to Mr. William Gillispie for his Invention of an Improved Method and Process of Printing, Colouring, or Staining Linens, Calicos or other Cloths, Gillispie. William. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 11 (1799), 6 pages. CD (HWDA09). Posted June 10, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 648 KB PDF

Specification of the Patent Granted to Mr. John Hawksley for Certain Improvements and Additions to Machinery for Combing Wool, Cotton, Silk, Flax, Hemp, and Mohair, Hawksley, John. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 8 (1798), 9 pages. CD (HWDA09). Posted June 7, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 680 KB PDF

Specification of the Patent Granted to Mr. Robert Miller for a Method of Weaving All kinds of Linen, Cotton, Woollen, and Worsted Cloths, Hawksley, John. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 8 (1798), 7 pages. CD (HWDA09). Posted June 7, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 624 KB PDF

Conclusion of Mr. Henry's Considerations Relative to the Nature of Wool, Silk, and Cotton, as Objects of the Art of Dying,, Henry, Thomas. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 2 (1795), 27 pages. CD (HWDA09). Posted June 20, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.4 MB PDF

Considerations Relative to the Nature of Wool, Silk, and Cotton, as Objects of the Art of Dying, Part 1, Henry, Thomas. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 2 (1795), 20 pages. CD (HWDA09). Posted June 4, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.1 MB PDF

Considerations Relative to the Nature of Wool, Silk, and Cotton, as Objects of the Art of Dying, Part 2, Henry, Thomas. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 2 (1795), 20 pages. CD (HWDA09). Posted June 4, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF

Considerations Relative to the Nature of Wool, Silk, and Cotton, as Objects of the Art of Dying, Part 3, Henry, Thomas. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 2 (1795), 16 pages. CD (HWDA09). Posted June 4, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 992 KB PDF

Description of a Machine for Twitching Wool, Hughes, Hugh. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 1 (1794), 5 pages. CD (HWDA09). Posted June 3, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 552 KB PDF

Specification of the Patent Granted to Mr. George Jeffreys for a Method of Dying Wollen Cloths, Stuffs, and Other Materials ..., Jeffreys, George. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 8(1798), 15 pages. CD (HWDA09). Posted June 7, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF

Specification of the Patent Granted to Mr. John Kendrew and Mr. Thomas Porthouse for a New Mill or Machine, Upon New Principles, for Spinning Yarn from Hemp, Tow, Flax, or Wool, Kendrew, John and Thoms Porthouse. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 16 (1802), 6 pages. CD (HWDA09). Posted June 13, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 732 KB PDF

Specification of the Patent granted to Mr. James Mitchell for a Method of Manufacturing Cables, Hawsers, or Shroud-Laid Ropes, and Other Cordages, on a Scientific Principle, Mitchell, James. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 11 (1799), 8 pages. CD (HWDA09). Posted June 10, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 732 KB PDF

Specification of the Patent Granted to Mr. William Sabatier for his Inventions of Certain Improved Methods of retaining Cotton, Tobacco, Hemp, Flax, Hops, Hay and Other Articles, Sabatier, William. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 8 (1798), 7 pages. CD (HWDA09). Posted June 7, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 652 KB PDF

Specification of the Patent granted to Mr. Richard Varley for his Improved Method of Carding, Roving, and Spinning Cotton, Wool, and Silk, Varley, Richard. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 11 (1799), 5 pages. CD (HWDA09). Posted June 10, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 560 KB PDF

Experiments on the Comparative Effects of Solutions of Magnesia, of Calcerous Earth, and of Alum, in Dying Clothes of Various Kinds with Madder, Volger. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 9 (1798), 4 pages. CD (HWDA09). Posted June 7, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 520 KB PDF

On the Means of Dying Linen and Cotton a Beautiful, Deep, and Lasting Black Color, Volger. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 8 (1798), 9 pages. CD (HWDA09). Posted June 7, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 712 KB PDF

Specification of Messrs. Henry Wright and John Hawkseley Patent for Machinery for Combing Wool &c., Wright, Henry and John Hawksley. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 2 (1795), 3 pages. CD (HWDA09). Posted June 4, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 624 KB PDF

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