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A History of the County of Gloucester
… weaving process into the mill and some had installed power-looms. Many of the smaller mills failed to adapt to the new … were carrying on the business, it contained 45 power-looms and 29 handlooms. 69 By 1842 Ham Mill belonged to … Thomas Bond Worth & Sons, carpet weavers, 73 who had 300 looms there and employed c. 700 hands in 1907. 74 Apart from …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… (6) No craftsman to take work unless he has good work-looms, or to take another man's work after it is warped …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of woollen-cloth and kerseys, for which he built several looms, but the forester-like habits of the population …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Bromham. The installation of machinery in place of hand-looms had caused unemployment and emigration. Some houses had … Decrease attributed to the installation of power-looms in place of hand-looms in the manufacture of cloth. Hindon. Decrease …