Picture No | 12904472 |
Date | 1840 |
Description | Cotton industry -- shuttles used on a power loom |
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Cotton industry -- shuttles used on a power loom. They are in the shape of a boat, contain yarn wound on a spindle, and travel to and fro across the warp about 120 times per minute.
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Source | Engravings in 'The Penny Magazine', 1 February 1840, page 45 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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