Record

RefNoRBO/14/95
AltRefNoRBO.14.366
LevelItem
Title'Sir Thomas Lombe's new Machine for working Onganzine silk erected at Derby ...'
Date1729
DescriptionMachine consisted of 26,586 wheels and 97,746 movements which can work 73,738 yards of silk every time the water wheel goes around
Read to the Royal Society on 22 January 1729
LanguageEnglish
Extent2 sides
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordCLP/3ii/30
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