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at Reading, 286 introduction to Mr. William Townend, 287 engagement at Cullingworth, 288 marriage, 291 introduction to handcombing, 291 experiments with Collier's machine, 293 and genappe yarn?, 294 " Retrospective Notes," 294 idea of the square motion, 295 removal to Bradford, 296 association with Mr. Lister, 299 French partnership, 300 star: ing business at St. Denis, 300, 356 at Rheims and Croix, 321 lawsuits, 322 on wool washing, 413 patent of 1856, 43S patents of 1857, 43S, 439 patent of 1859, 440 patent of i860, 441 patents of 1862, 443 patent of 1865, 445 patent of 1868, 448 patent of 1878, 461 patents of 1879, 461, 462 patent of 1881, 464 patent of 1885, 472 patent of 1887, 474 Holden, Mr. Jonathan, 100, 323, 401 Holland, manufactures in, 59 Holland, sheep in, 27 Homer on wool, 42 Hooniah sheep, 10 Hopkinson, W. 447 Houldsworth, Henry, 432 Hoyle, C. 458 Hoyle and Preston's brush motion, 394 Hubner, Emil, 411, 439, 460 Hungary, sheep in, 27 Illingworth, Messrs. 409, 433, 436, 439. 474 Imbs, 448, 461, 464, 465 Italy, sheep in, 27 INDEX. 4S3 J- Jack of Newbury, 69 James I. and the exportation of wool, 71 Javanese sheep, 1 1 Jefferson, Messrs. 409, 446, 452, 459, 470 Johnson, J. II. 432, 434, 437, 440, 450, 457 Johnson, W. 432 Joyce J. B. 440, 442 .; Jubal, 35 K. Kei.ly, p. 457 Kochs, J. E. 452 Langhorne, Dr. 108 Languedoc, wool fabrics of, 59 Last eyrie on the merino, iS Lawson and Dear, 437 Lawson and Fitton, 448 Leather, G. II. 443 Le Coeur, 456, 457 Lecoq, J. 446 Lee, William, and the stocking- frame, 73 Leicester new sheep, 14, 15 Leicester sheep, 14 Libyans and their flocks, 42 Liebach, Hartmann, 218, 219 Lincoln sheep, 14 Lister, Mr. G. T. 203 Lister, O. B. and Batty, 470 Lister's self-lubricating dabbing motion, 393 Lister, Mr. S. Cunliffe, first sale of woolcombing machines, 183, 398 and Hermann, 220, 239, 251, 259 and Donisthorpe, 242, 248, 273, .377, 429 nip machine, 254, 273 his nine comV)ing-mills, 275 and Hidden, firm of, 300, 321, 35S, 369, 401 early career, 243 partnership with his brother, 246 trips to America, 246 lawsuit with lieilmaun's repre- sentatives, 260 sale of share in French concerns, 322 and Tongue, 411, 437 Lister, Mr. S. Cunlifte — conthuieJ. patent of 1S44, 427 patent of 1845, 428 patent of 1846, 428 patent of 1847, 429 patent of 1848, 429 and J. Ambler, 430 patent of 1853, 433, 434 patent of 1854, 434 patent of 1855, 437 and Warburton, 441 patent of 1872, 453 patents of 1874, 454, 455 patent of 1876, 456 patent of 1877, 459 patent of 1S78, 460 patent of 1879, 4^4 patent of 1881, 465 Little and Eastwood, 410, 411, 451, 452, 454, 455, 463, 467 Little, G. 408, 445, 447, 449, 450, 452, 465 Lohren, Herr A. on Heilmann, 224 on the nip machine, 261 on the square motion, 360 on the Noble machine, 378 •his improvements, 408 on Little and Eastwood's machine, 410 patent of 1874, 454 London Tradesman, The, 159 Luccock, Mr. 79 M. Macartiiur, Captain, 23 Macdonald, Dr. on the Leicester, 16 Macqueen, J. 453, 456, 466, 474 Madagascar sheep, 1 1 Many-horned sheep, 1 1 Marsden and Pendlebury, 466 Marshall and Fairbairn, 434, 435 May and Cowper, 437 McLaren, Mr. W. t>. B. on wool, 3 on the Flemings, 50 on the Noble machine, 386 M'Culloch, Professor, 79 Merchant adventurers, the, 75 Merino Society, 22 Merino, the, 5, 10, 17, 20, 21 Middle Ages, manufactures in the, 54 Midgley, J.464,470 Miletus, wool of, 42 Milligan, R. 431 Mills, Isaac, and his patent for combs, 105 484 INDEX. Minei-va, 44 Mirfield and Scott, 447, 450, 454, 456 ;Morel, A. 442-446 Morocco sheep, 1 1 Morris, 449 Mortimer, S., 446 Moss, W. R. 465 Mowbray, F. W. 432 Mysore sheep, i N. Nacteur combs, 353, 440 Napoleon I. and the merino, 26 Nfsinth, John, 450 Nepaul sheep, 10 Nero, 41 New Leicester sheep, 15 New South Wales, 23, 24 Newton, A. V. 428, 430 Newton, W. E. 433, 441 Newton, E. A. 438 New Zealand, sheep in, 25 Nip machine. Lister and Donisthorpe's, 301 Heilmann's, 222, 240 at 185 1 Exhibition, 273 Noble, James, his invention of 1805, 144,. 373) .423- 424 his invention of 1834, 140, 425 his invention of 1836, 426 his invention of 1853, 373, 432 his invention of 1852, 431 and Donisthorpe, 376 and Perr}', 428 Noble woolcombing machine, 373- 395 comb rings, 381 machine, transverse section of, 382 general view of, 385 noil conductors, 390 sheet conductor, 392 spring-feed knife, 392 self lubricating dabbing motion, 393 rack circle, 394 Ilolden, Burnley & Co.'s stop motion, 394 Speight's patent motion, 394 Hoyle and Preston's brush motion, 394 Norfolk, worsted manufacture in, 50, 66, 68 Norway, sheep in, 27 Nussey,'N. 441,442,445 O. Oddy, J. and Whitehead, 450 Overend and Firth, 458, 459 Ovid on wool-spinning, 45 Ovis Ainmoii, 12 Ovis ai'ies, 9 Ovis nuismon, 9, 12 Owen, Professor, on wool, 2 on sheep, 8 Passavaxt and Cure, 435 Passman, John, 138, 424 Pennyoaks Mill, experiments at, 346, 355> 369 Perry and Noble, 428 Perry, John, 427, 428 Philip "le Bon, 53 Philippa, Queen, 65 Pickles and Whitehead's rack circle, 394, 474 Piatt Brothers, ^Messrs. 41 1 Piatt, John, 151, 425 PlattCoUier combing machine, 151, 399, 425 drawings of, 152, 153 Pollard, Mr. 409. 435, 468, 469 Portugal, sheep in, 27 Portway and Walker, 467 Preller, C. A. 407, 427, 431 ]'reller, Eastwood and Gamble, 431 Priestman, Adcock, and Brown, 468 Priestman, E. and Crook, 455 Priestman, Messrs. and Roberlshaw, 409, 469 Prouvost, A. 446, 447, 462 Puncha sheep, 1 1 Queensland, sheep in, 25 R. Raleigh, Sir W^alter, and the woollen manufactures, 73 Rambouillet, sheep at, 26 IXDEX. 48s Ramsbotham and Brown, 407, 429, 431, 436, 438 Ramsbotham's combing machine, 294, 296, 428 Ramsbotham, Mr. Robert, 127 Rand, Messrs. 398 Rand, Mr. John, 204 Raw material, the, 1-33 Rawson, Henry, 140, 439-441, 443 Richard II. 's enactments regarding wool, 6g Richardson, J. J. 471 Roberts. R. 436 Robertshaw, J. 450 Romney Marsh sheep, 14, 26 Ross's combing machine, 294, 407, 426 Ross, Jesse, 427, 429, 431 Rousillon, sheep at, 26 Rouvier, M. and the merino, 27 Rushton, T. H. 453, 456, 463, 464 Russia, sheep in, 26 S. Salt, Titus, 260 Sands, Turner and Co. 246 Saracens in Europe, 56 Saxony wool, 27 Says, 51 Schlumberger, 219, 400,402, 406 Scott, J. 447, 450, 454 Scott, Sir Walter, on Dr. Carturight, 109 Scriven, Mr. John, and woolwashin^r, 413 Seebohm, Henry, 434 Sellars, William, 424 Selliere, Mr. 369 Sharp, D. W. 431 Sheep, breeds of, 6 African, ii,- 17, 23 allusions to, in the Bible, 35 American, 13 Angola, X i Asiatic, 10 Australian, 23 Barwell, 11 bearded sheep of W^est Africa, 1 1 Bengal, 23 Brazilian, 12 broad-tailed, 11 Cago, 10 Chine, li common, 10 Congo, II Cotswold, 15 Sheep, breeds of — continued. Cretan, 10 Crimean, 10, 27 Curumbar, 11 Dukhan, or Ueccan, 1 1 Escurial, 17 European, 10 Fezzan, 11 Garar, 11 Guadeloupe, 17 Guinea, 11 Hindoslan Dumba, 11 Hooniah, lo Infantando, 17 Javanese, 1 1 Leicester, 14-16 Lincoln, 14 Madagascar, 11 many-horned, 11 merino, %, ID Montareo, 17 Morocco, II Mysore, li Nepaul, 10 New Leicester, 15 Nigretii, 17 number of, in 1698, 1741, 1800, &c., 79 Oiis Amnion, or Argab, 0, 12 Ovis arits, 9 Ovis 11171 snion 9, 12 Paular, 17 Professor Archer on, 10 Professor Owen on, 8 Pucha sheep, 11 Romney Marsh, 14, id Saxony, 27 smootli-haired, 11 Southdown, 5 Tartary, 1 1 Tees water, 15 'I'ranshumantes, 17 West Indian, 12 wild, 8, 9 Yenu, 1 1 Ze)lan, 1 1 Shepherd, H. W. 454 Smles, Dr. his account of Heilmann, 217 Smith, A. 464, 466, 474 Smith, J. 433, 440, 444, 447 Smith, Messrs. 409, 444,451, 456 Smith, Samuel and Widiam, 426 Smooth haired sheep, 1 1 South Australia, sheep in, 24 Southdown, the, 5, 21 486 IXDEX. Spain, sheep in, 29 Spain, woollen manufactures in, £9 Speight's patent motion, 394, 409, 448 Spinning with distaff, 43 Catullus on, 45 by Alfred the Great, 44 Square motion machine, Mr. Holden's first idea of, 295 introduced to France, 302 set aside, 302 taken up again, 303 first patent for, 303, 308 improvements in, 310, 311, 320, 324 Staples, A. 444 Staples, F. 443 Stead, S pence, and Wood, 436 Stop motion, Holden, Burnley and Co. 's, 394 Sweden, sheep in, 27 Switzerland, sheep in, 29 Tartary sheep, 1 1 Tasmania, sheep in, 25 Tavernier, Donisthorpe, and Crofis, 379 Tavernier, R. T. and J. T. A. 446, 447. 450 Taylor, Wordsworth and Co. 379, 38 7, 3'92, 393, 475 Teeswaier sheep, 15 Terry and Scott, 430, 462, 466, 467, 471 Tester, John, 172 Thompson, Mr. George, 376 Thompson, Mr. Matthew, 196, 204 Thompson, Mr. M. W. 202 Thornton and Hoyle, 463 Tongue, W. 442-445> 45°. 453. 454 Toplis, William, 135, 424 Townend, W. 436 Transition period, the, 142- 1 58 Turkey, sheep in, 28 U. United States, sheep in, 28 Unwin, F. 471 Vanqttelin on the yolk, 5 Victoria, sheep in, 24 Vienna Exhibition, 411 Vigoureux, J. S. 432 Virgil on wool and sheep, 42, 45 W. Wade, Mr. 369 Walker and Stephenson, 465 Walker, J. and F. 443 Walker, J. C. 467, 468, 470, 471 Walmsley, S. V. 456 Warburton, J. 407, 430, 438, 439, 446 Waterhouse, Captain, 23 Western Australia, sheep in, 25 Western, Lord, and the mermo, 2i West Indian sheep, 12 Westley, W. K. 438 Whipple's invention, 41 1, 437, 440, 442. 447. 448 Whitehead, Mr. C. his sheet con- ductor, 392, 459 Whitehead, Mr. H. W. 387, 392, 447, 448, 450, 452-456. 458 Whitehead, Mr. J. H. 392, 467, 46S, 471 Whitehead's noil conductors, 392 Whitehead, T. 407, 408, 435, 44 1 445. 449. 450. 453. 454 Whitley and Jovvett, 444 Whitley, T. 446 Wild sheep, 8, 9 William Rufus, wardrobe of, 51 William the Conqueror, 49 Wilson, 447 Wood and Walker, Messrs. I S3, 398 Woolcombers' Association, 175, 179 Wool, definition of, 2 felting property of, 3, 83 Professor Owen on, 2 Youatt on, 2, 83 W. S. B. McLaren, ALP. on, 3 Dr. Bowman on, 4-6 T. Burgess on, 4 the curl of, 4 the yolk of, 5 analysis of, 5 classification of, 6 lamb's, 7 description of fleece of, 7 and its uses in ancient times, 34-53 allusions to in the Bible, 35 of Miletus, 42 of ancient Britons, 47 INDEX. 4S7 Wool — conlimied. industries, growth and vicissitudes of the, 54-81 prices of in Edward 111,'s time, 65 Richard II. 's enactments concern- ing, 69 trade under Henry VI. 70 trade under Elizafeeth, 71, 74 Scottish, exportation of, to Flanders, 71 James I. and the exportation of, 74. early importation of, 72 dyeing, 73 trade under Charles I. 74 Sir Josiah Child on, 77 and its manufacturing processes, 82- 104 sorting, 84 washing, 368, 413 supply committee, 413 Woolcombing establishment, descrip- tion of a, 91-104 machine, Cartwright's, 113 machine, petitions against the, 114 in France, 301 Woolcombing — continued. and the worsted manufacture, 404 inventions, list of, 421 Worstead, Flemish artisans at, 50 Worsted Committee, 165 Worsted manufacture, early mention of the, 5 1 Worsted manufacture under Edward II. 51 Worsted processes, 87-104 Wortley, M.P. Mr. 168 Wright and liawksley, 137, 423 Y. Yenu sheep, 11 Yolk, the, 5, 6 Youatt on wool, 2 on sheep, 78 Z. Zeylan sheep, 1 1 Ziegler, J. J. 431, 440 THE END. 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