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"The modern system of cotton manufacture dates no further back than back 1760. Prior the mechanical inventions of Hargeaves, Arkwright, Crompton and Cartwright, the arts of spinning and weaving were entirely domestic, and the instruments of manipulation much the same as those which had been in use in the East for centuries before." -Lupton

The Spinning Jenny

"The modern system of cotton manufacture dates no further back than back 1760. Prior the mechanical…

The paper-making machine almost superseded the old hand making process of forming paper.

Paper Making Machine

The paper-making machine almost superseded the old hand making process of forming paper.

In many minds making a piano is an art form. The construction is a slow process, and cannot well be hurried, a grand piano usually requiring to be six months in the making.

Piano Making

In many minds making a piano is an art form. The construction is a slow process, and cannot well be…

Watch making is a beautiful and complicated as the watch it's self. It was a process that required several small machines and measurement.

Watch Making

Watch making is a beautiful and complicated as the watch it's self. It was a process that required several…

The polishing room is where the Rosemen veneers-the tops and sides of the piano. Two men on each side of a piano-top rub rapidly with a pumice stone and finally the piano comes out perfectly smooth.

Piano Making-the Polishing Room

The polishing room is where the Rosemen veneers-the tops and sides of the piano. Two men on each side…

Calico printing was the first "operation connected with the printing of cloth."- Lupton

Calico Printing

Calico printing was the first "operation connected with the printing of cloth."- Lupton

"When the soap is properly formed, the lye is carefully separated from it, and then it is removed in buckets to the 'frame room,' where it is poured into large frames which are like bins, their sides being bolted together." _Lupton

Manufacturing of Soap

"When the soap is properly formed, the lye is carefully separated from it, and then it is removed in…

Leather making consists essentially of the skins of animals chemically altered by the vegetable principle called tannin or tannic acid , so as to arrest decomposition.

Leather Making, the Tan-yard

Leather making consists essentially of the skins of animals chemically altered by the vegetable principle…