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In a Spitalfields silk weaver's shop two contrasting apprentices, Tom Idle, asleep, and Francis Goodchild, engrossed in his work, sit at their looms overseen by their master. Engraving by Thomas Cook after William Hogarth, 1749.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: 1 July 1795Reference: 38360iPart of: Industry and idleness- Digital Images
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Cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus (CPV) or Cypovirus, is from the Rheoviridae family. It has a double stranded RNA genome and a very stable capsid. It infects insects, including silkworms, and can have an economic impact on the silk industry.
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Reasons humbly offered by the Company of Silk-Throwers of the City of London, in behalf of themselves and others, carrying on the said trade.
Silk Throwers Company (London, England)Date: 1726]- Books
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Thoughts on trade: intended to have been first publish'd in Ireland, with an account of the present state of the silken manufacturers, and the calamitous circumstances of a numerous poor in that Kingdom. ...
Lloyd, Edward, silk thrower.Date: 1736- Books
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Considerations on the silk trade of Ireland. With useful hints for the extension thereof, addressed to the Dublin Society.
Date: Printed in the year MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]