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silk-throwing
silk-throwing [f. silk n.] The process of converting raw silk into silk yarn or thread.1621 in Strype Stow's Surv. (1720) II. 234/1 Sundry Strangers that use the Trade of Silk-throwing. 1668 Lond. Gaz. No. 259/4 An Act to regulate the Trade of Silk-throwing. 1768 Ann. Reg., Chron. 70/2 The proposal ...
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Silk throwing
In 1704, Thomas Cotchett set up a water-powered silk-throwing mill to produce organzine in Derby. These three towns remained the centre of the English silk-throwing industry.
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Silk
The Piedmont area of Northern Italy became a major silk producing area when water-powered silk throwing machines were developed. These three towns remained the centre of the English silk throwing industry until silk throwing was replaced by silk waste spinning.
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throwst
† throwst, v. Obs. Also 7–8 throst. [irreg. back-formation from throwster.] trans. To throw silk; = throw v.1 6 b. So ˈthrowsting vbl. n., silk-throwing; also attrib. throwsting-machine, throwst-mill.1691 W. Sewel Dutch Dict. s.v. Reeden, Zy-Reeden, to Throst silk. 1825 J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic...
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Silk waste
Silk waste includes all kinds of raw silk which may be unwindable, and therefore unsuited to the throwing process. The same term—gum-waste—is applied to "waste" made in the various processes of silk throwing; but manufacturers using threads known technically as organzines
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throwing
▪ I. throwing, vbl. n.1 (ˈθrəʊɪŋ) [f. as prec. + -ing1.] The action of throw v.1 I. 1. (In form thrawing.) Twisting, wringing; turning or bending to one side; also fig. crossing, thwarting; quarrelling. Sc.a 1585 Montgomerie Flyting 376 They deemde, what death it sould die..‘be throwing [v.r. thrawi...
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Edward A. Silk
Silk reached the rank of lieutenant colonel before leaving the army. With magnificent courage he rushed this position in the face of direct fire and succeeded in neutralizing the weapon and killing the 2 gunners by throwing
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Silk industry of Cheshire
Lombe's Mill in Derby was the first successful powered silk-throwing mill in England. John Lombe visited a successful silk-throwing mill in Piedmont in 1717, and returned to England with details of the Italian silk-throwing machines – the
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Silk mill
A silk mill is a factory that makes silk for garments using a process called silk throwing. Colloquially silk throwing can be used to refer to the whole process: reeling, throwing and doubling.
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Chomérac
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Industry started early in Chomérac, thanks to silk manufacturers (up to 15 silk throwing mills in the 19th century) and the marble
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John Lombe
silk was outstripping supply. In 1718, Thomas Lombe was able to obtain a patent for silk throwing machinery, granted for fourteen years. John Lombe died suddenly, in 1722.
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Thomas Lombe
Sir Thomas Lombe (5 September 1685 – 8 January 1739) was an English merchant and developer of machinery for silk throwing. Lombe employed his half-brother John Lombe to learn Italian silk processes.
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Klots Throwing Company Mill
Klots Throwing Company Mill is a historic silk mill located at Cumberland in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. References
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, at Maryland Historical Trust
Klots Throwing Company records at Hagley Museum and Library
Industrial buildings and structures
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Bath Street Mill
Bath Street Mill was a silk throwing mill in Derby, built in 1851 for George Holme. Holme diversified into silk-throwing due to a surge in demand for silk goods in the 1840s, and by 1857, he had diversified into manufacturing elastic web
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Defne Magnanery
At the magnanery, around 40 women are trained annually in cultivation of silkworms and silk throwing. silk weaving.
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