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BNL.735.002
21-28 Aug 1735:21 (1645)
The following description of the Silk-Mills erected at
Derby, with the verses on them . . . [2 lines] This engine
contains 26,586 wheels, 97,746 movements, which work 73,728
yards of silk every time the water wheel goes round, which
is thrice in a minute. . . [6 lines]
VERSES ON THE SILK-MILLS
Wondrous machine! Thy curious fabrick shows
How far the power of human knowledge goes.
Ten thousand, thousand movements all [amend]
Upon one wheel, and on that cause depend.
. . . [2 more 6-line verses; 1 2-line verse.]
. . . [signed] Sir Thomas Lom's [Lombe] who invented the
machine.
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