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The List of woollen or Worsted stuffs mention'd in the manufacturer, No. 17, and with which the weavers pretend printed callicoes do interfere with, viz. ...
Date: [1720]- Books
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An enquiry how far the restrictions laid upon the trade of Ireland, by British acts of Parliament, are a benefit or disadvantage to the British dominions in general, and to England in particular; for whose separate advantage they were intended. With an address to the gentlemen concerned in the woollen commerce of Great-Britain, and particularly to the members of Parliament for the several counties, cities, and boroughs connected with those manufactures. To which is added a letter to Sir John Duntze, bart. member of Parliament for Tiverton, on the same subject; in which a union between the two kingdoms is discussed. With extracts of such parts of the statutes as lay the trade of Ireland under those restrictions, with remarks. By Sir James Caldwell, bart. count of Milan, in the Holy Roman Empire.
Caldwell, James, Sir, -1784.Date: M,DCC,LXXIX. [1779]- Pictures
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People dipping sheep in the river and shearing them in the field, then washing, beating and combing the wool. Engraving.
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Observations on milling broad and narrow cloth, &c. shewing I. The many destructive errors that attend the common method of milling, and Reading or Tighting of Cloth, during its Milling. And, II. The many advantages that accrue, instead thereof, from the use of a new instrument, called a regulator. To which is annexed, A Certificate signed by several of the most eminent Clothiers in the Superfine Trade. By Richard Brooks, Clothier, Inventor of the said Regulator, and Patentee, at the Devizes, in the County of Wilts.
Brooks, Richard, active 1740-1743.Date: MDCCXLIII. [1743]- Books
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Addressed to His Grace the Duke of Portland. A memorial concerning the woollen manufactory, and the exportation of wool, unmanufactured, into foreign countries. To which is added a plan to prevent so destructive a commerce. By Peter Peterson.
Peterson, Peter, writer on trade.Date: MDCCLXXXIII. [1783]