foundations,
was in
fact the
precursor
of the
mule and
the
power-loom,
and of the
industrial
revolution
of the
18th
century.
It enabled
a totally
inexperienced
boy, to
set the
whole loom
with all
its
shuttles
in motion,
by simply
moving a
rod
backwards
and
forwards,
and in its
improved
form
produced
from 40 to
50 pieces
at once.
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About
1630, a
wind-sawmill,
erected
near
London by
a
Dutchman,
succumbed
to the
excesses
of the
