134 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 
Some progress was made in the compilation of the textile glos- 
sary, begun last year, new terms and definitions appearing in the 
trade papers and technical journals being carefully recorded, but 
until more time can be given to it it will be impossible to properly 
advance this important piece of work. 
Several visits were made by the curator to textile centers of the 
country for the purpose of studying certain industries at first hand 
and of soliciting material for the division. The history of several 
important textile machines, including the Slater cotton spinning- 
frame, the first wool card built in the United States, the Carpenter 
yarn reel, and processes formerly used in the manufacture of flags 
for Army purposes were investigated at Pawtucket, R. I, and Lowell 
and North Andover, Mass. The other important trips were as follows: 
To Paterson, New York City, and Philadelphia, with reference to 
the dyeing and finishing of silks and ribbons and the manufacture of 
laces, artificial silk, and fur hats. To Manchester, N. H., and several 
places in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, to study the manufacture 
of ginghams, piece-dyed cottons, worsted and woolen goods, and to 
investigate certain questions concerning the early history of the 
textile industry in this country. 'To Chicago, Tl., for the examina- 
tion of the exhibits and the methods of classifying, installing, and 
labeling specimens of textiles and of other industrial arts in the Field 
Museum, the Art Institute, and the museums of the Chicago Academy 
of Sciences and the Chicago Historical Society. The factories of the 
Earnshaw Knitting Co. and the Zeidman Haircloth Co. were also 
visited. To the silk-throwing mill of the Klots Throwing Co., at 
Fredericksburg, Va., where a careful study was made of the steps in 
the methods there employed. All of these trips resulted very ad- 
vantageously for the Museum, since they permitted the curator to 
investigate closely the many processes of textile manufacture over a 
wide field and to indicate definitely the materials best suited to rep- 
resent these processes in a museum exhibit. Received everywhere in 
a cordial spirit, he has been able to enlist the interest of many manu- 
facturers in the collections now in course of assembling. Practically 
all of the important accessions of the year were secured through these 
means, and other acquisitions, which require more time for their 
preparation, are soon to be expected. 
It should be possible, with the growth of its collections, for this 
division to render substantial aid to the interests of the arts and 
crafts outside of Washington, but at present it has not the necessary 
duplicate material for such cooperation. One set of specimens, how- 
ever, was supplied to the Children’s Museum of Boston to form the 
beginning of an industrial room in that institution. It consisted of 
cotton bolls, raw cotton, silk cocoons, raw silk, unwashed, washed, 
and combed wool. The curator lectured on textile processes before 
