

IMPROVED SHAG CUTTER, i JQQ 



Baker, a cutler in Artillery Passage, Artillery Street, Spital- Anotherthere- 

 fields, to make according to my instructions, which he did, fore jnyen ted, 

 and which answered my expectations in the work. 



In October, 180G, I made for the same gentleman a 

 figured shag, one inch and three quarters wide, and cut it 

 with the same instrument, as certified by my employer 

 and his son in law. J hope the Gentlemen of tlpe Society 

 will not think me too presuming in offering this improve- 

 ment to their notice. 



I am, Sir, with great respect, 



Your obedient Servant, %9 . 3 



PETER TANSLEY. 



Reference to the Engraving of Mr. Peter Tansley's 



Implement for Cutting Shag. See Plate VIII, Figs. 



8. 9. 



Fig. 8 shows the steel implement or cutter, as placed 

 or woven within the threads, previous to their being cut with 

 it, the cutting being performed by merely drawing out the 

 knife, the sharp edge of which cuts the threads, and forms 

 the shag by that operation. 



Fig. 9 shows the implement detached fronv the work, r 

 l^eing the part held in the hand, and s the sharp blade' 

 which cuts the threads, 



SIR, 



This is to certify, that Peter Tansley, of Wheeler Street^ 

 s the sol e inventor of the cutter for making narrow shag; 

 that its utility is well known; and that I have, within 

 fourteen days, made four hundred of these improved in- 

 struments. 



W. BAKER. 



Certificates were received from several other persons, 

 Stating the very great utility of the instrument, their per- 

 suasion of its being superior to any other thing of the kind 

 ever invented, as making the work equally good, with 

 greater ease and in half the time, and that Mr. Peter Trans- 

 ley is the original inventor. 



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