1804.) 
An ACCOUNT of AMIENS, tranflated from 
the recent TRAVELS of CAMUS, MEM- 
BER of the NATIONAL INSTITUTE, 
HE accefs to Amiens is by good 
roads, between beautiful walks. 
This city feems proud of the Congre's, 
which gave peace to Europe. In paffing 
through the ftreets, the ear is inceffantly 
accofted with the noife of the fhuttie. 
Thus eviry houfe is a manufactory, 
where they make caflimeres, velvet, and 
all forts of woven goods, whether in cot- 
ton or wool. Some citizens, who have 
large capitals, and are able to make ad-- 
vances, have colleéted together a number 
of artifts into their extenfive buildings. 
M. De la Haye fabricates both velvets 
and velveteens, which are frequently fold 
as velveis, though effentially different 5 
as a much {mailer quantity of the raw- 
material is confumed in the former, and 
a different method is ufed in cutting the 
fhag. The fhag of the velvet is cut in 
the loom crofs-ways ; whereas the velve- 
teens come out clofe thorn. It is by a 
fubfequent procefs the fhag is cut, not 
breadth-ways, but length- ways. The 
operation is fimple, but requires a hand 
practifed init. It is commonly executed 
by awoman. The velveteen is ftretched 
upon a table about four feet in length, 
covered with a hard evfhion. The work- 
woman takes into her hand a blade, like 
that of a very thin (word, about eighteen 
inches long, having at one end a hancle, 
and at the other a ftrait groove, into 
which is inferted a fharp point, which 
projects with a very acute edge. This 
point is flid between the threads, that are 
to be cut, to form the fhag, and is ra- 
pidly pufhed the length of the chain. 
If they cut along all the threads, the Ruff 
refembles complete velvet. If, after hav- 
ing cut length-ways a number of threads, 
they pafs over many others of the warp 
withcut cutting, the refult is a ftriped 
ftuff, with ftripes equal or unequal, wide 
or narrow, according to the {paces there 
are between the parts cut on the fhag, 
and the parts that remaineven, This work 
is fo eafily and readily performed, that 
they pay no more than fix livres for cut- 
ting a whole piece. They ftamp many 
pieces of velveteen for waiftcoats, and, 
when the pattern is well chofen, it has a 
pleafing appearance; but, in general, the 
colours with which they ftamp are not 
faft, becaufe the expence: necellary to fix 
them would exceed the price at which 
they are accuftomed to fell thefe ftuffs. 
It is ealy to. diftingvihh the velyeteens 
from velvets. The ere und of the p2trts, 
Montuty Mag. No. 313. 
fin Account of Amiens, from Camus. 
SET 
that are not cut in fhag, and the flvages 
refemble fatin ; whereas in the velvets the 
texture of the felvaces is plain, like that 
of the cloth. On opening the pieces that 
are cut fhag- pinion and on folding the 
ftuff, tt is perceived, that in ve elvets the 
nap divides itfelf brcadth-wass, whereas in 
yee: it feparates lengthways. 
M. Genfe-Duming and company have 
a great manufaétory of cloth and caffi- 
meres. The latter have merited the com- 
mendation of a jury named in the terth 
year to examine the products of publ ¢ 
induftry. The jury declared, that the 
texture Of the cloth was ae ue regulary 
and that its finenefs fareaded that of 
foreign caffimeres of the firft qualiy, in 
the proportion ef 100 to 68. fhalk 
not dwell on this fubjeét, but only ob- 
ferve, that there is a caffimere which hag 
in the chain 3600 threads, which {fup- 
pofes extreme finenefS in a ftuff of fo 
moderate a breadth: and I will edd, that 
M. Genle propofes to give a perfection 
to his-caffimeres by burning them as we 
burn dimities; that 1s, by paffing them 
over ared-h«t cylinder to burn off al the 
fhag and all the plufh thar do. not form 
the furface of the cloth. 
A workman in M. Genfe’s manufac. 
tory has invented_a machine to (hear 
cloth and other woollen ftuffs without 
employing hands to give force to the 
fhears, which can be worked by a ftream 
of water, or any other power. The in- 
ventor has received from the Society for 
encouraging Difcoveries a reward of 600 
livress I have feen the machine in 
ation. ‘The fame workman is actually 
employed in the conftruétion of a machine 
to card and {pin the wool, like thofe which 
are ufed for carding and {pinning of cot- 
ton. In the verbal procefs of the jury 
for examining the produas of the public 
induftry in the tenth year, there was 
mention of threads of wool carded and 
fpun at Marly by mechanical means. A 
late journalift, therefore, has done wrong 
in declaring, that there has not yet been 
feen on the Continent a mill for carding 
and fpinning of wool, The machine of 
M. Snicber, of which the journalitt 
fpeaks, might, perhaps, be the firlt of 
the kind, that.has appeared in Germany ; 
but it is not the firf which has been 
known on the Continent. ., The manufee- 
tory of M. Genfe is carried on with the 
greateft fpirit and adiivity. 
The central fchool is held in aa old 
religious houle 5, it, is fpacious, and. has 
a good room. for the library;.but the 
“ Arvangement ‘of books is ig no great for- 
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