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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.
Source Engravings in 'The Penny Magazine', 1 February 1840, page 45
Credit Mary Evans Picture Library
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