[ 175 J i7t) 



to this may be added its probable durability, without repair; those 

 parts which are most likely to be deranged will not require two shil 

 lings to repair them. 



Kendall's Domestic Power Loom. 



In the Register of Arts, vol. 3, p. 11 3, is a figure and descriptioii 

 of this loom. It is said to be effectual and simple: a boy of twelve 

 years of age, with a proper fly-wheel, will find no difficulty in turning 

 six or eight of them when the work is plain. For rich works, an able 

 weaver, with good materials, will be able to work two looms. The 

 machine works steadily, and with few stickingsf In one experiment, 

 two pieces of silk were made, with a very slight application of the 

 hand. It operates exactly as the common hand loom, and every de- 

 scription of fabrics can be woven by it. The arrangements prepara- 

 tory to weaving are similar to those of a common loom. 



The patentee resides at No. S, Pater Noster Row, St. Paul's, Lon- 

 don. 



Patent toH. R. Fanshaw, London, silk-embosser, for his invention 

 of improved apparatus for spinning, doubling and twisting, or 

 throwing Silk, — Passed^ugust 12, 1825.* 



The subjects of this patent are described as consisting of four par- 

 ticulars; first, a new arrangement or disposition of vertical or horizon- 

 tal bobbins, to be employed for the purpose of spinning and doubling 

 silk: second, a new mode of forming the flyers, with double arms, for 

 guiding the threads on to the bobbins: third, a contrivance for throwing 

 the bobbins in and out of action; and fourth, a mode of retaining the 

 horizontal bobbins against the bearing board. The annexed cut shows 

 the arrangement of the several parts of the machine; a a, are the verti- 

 cal bobbins, turning loosely upon the spindles b b, which, with the fly- 

 ers c c, are made to revolve by means of the cords extending from the 

 I'otary pulley d. The silk passes from the bobbins a, upwards, through 

 eyes e, over a glass rod f, between the drawing rollers g, which ar- 

 rangement of the parts, so far, is the same as in ordinary machines for 

 throwing silk. 



The silk threads from the two or more bobbins a a, are delivered 

 from the drawing rollers to the bobbin flyer of the horizontal bobbin 

 h, which being turned by a cord from the before-mentioned pulley d, 

 causes the silken threads to be doubled and wound upon the horizontal 

 bobbin; the traversing of the bearing plate i, causing the bobbin to be 

 slidden along the spindle, so that the silk shall be evenly wound upon 

 the bobbin. 



Such is the disposition of the machinery which, though not new iu 

 its separate parts, is herein claimed as new in its arrangement, and is 

 employed in the way described for the production of organzine, or of 



' From the London Journal of ArtsuD'J Sciences, by W, Nevi-on, vol. siii, p. 26."> 



