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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… were often large master clothiers with up to four blanket looms on their premises. Blanketing seems only rarely to have …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to enlarge their works, and the adoption of power-looms contributed greatly to improve and extend the trade. … horses, and 793,800 throstle spindles; the number of power-looms is 2131, and the weight of raw cotton annually used …
A New History of London
… this tax was not complied with, they cut the work and the looms to pieces; and hence they obtained the name of cutters. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… was so engaged. At first the work was done on hand-looms in the scattered cottages; the first mill was …