New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-12-26
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a aS we are giving the work. But that and the
( ,oeney-one engravings, including some beau,i.
;.e'3 coiofeo ones, showing the figures produced
II, ~ ,he goods, amply explains the art. "The
:, 1aie. OF Cyilncer Loorn," is the next stage in
s'ie art OF weaving Mr. Groy seems TO have
aisiuco MS SUBJECT INTO sections rather than to
scat escn branch OF the art Of weaving as an in
aep' ndent art; and SO il is in the workshop.
lnough TO taema of people all reauers, whether
oi rag carpet, or emb:oi6eriup loom. are
the same. In the higher branches Of the
weaving art there is more real mechanical talent
required than IN nine-tenths OF the known trades.
in the engraving of t. Mortun's Barrel Loom,
Is given full description of the whole machine.
ihiec OF the parts to this Loom are of Mr.. Gil.
roy's lnyentioo, which have superseded the
parts originated by Morton. The Jacquard ma.
cnine, or Loom, however, has been introduced,
which, with the improvements by various scion.
Tho men IN Europe and this country, among
whose names Mr.. Ichabod Hooks OF Lowell
Mass" stands foremost. There a.e twelve en-.
cravings TO illustrate the jacquard Loom, with
improvements. As t!ibutc 10 |. Nj. jacquard,
Dteder, Petit 81 Co. executed probably one OF
the ncst splendid specimens Of silk weaving
ever turned ont OF loom. 1t was no less than
full length portrait of NJ. jacquard in his work
shop, surrounded by his implements, and plan.
ming the construction of his beautiful weayinp
machine. TINS work was entitled " Homnragc
j. N. jacquard" ana its execution equal t. the
finest line engraving. To give some idea OF the
immense ingenuity OF this machine, it will only
be necessary TO say, that In both warp and filling
there were 1000 threads to The square inch
{Frenc\) and $4,000 cards used in the manu-
iacture, each card large enough to receive l,050
holes Such machines as these can only be I'M
ders'ood by minds Of the NEST comprehensive
character. And unless The person who under
takes TO describe them has mind possessed OF
that comprchcnslyenese, 1t were needless to waste
tine, TO SIT down to read mis- descriptions. They
would be Just as likely to be Understood by the
practical man as if they had gone among the
f1ps of Broadway for description of the en-.
broidcrcd vest they were wearing as to take up
their works in expectation OF learning sny thing.
Section seventh" gees through the branch
known as carpet weaving. MIR. Giroy gives
some 25 engravings OF looms, descriptive
OF this department OF the art. Carpet weav-
ing is a subject Of great Importance
The manufacturing OF Carpets has now Become
one of the great branches of Manufactures in
this country, and bids fair to be one OF immense
Importance to the industrial classes Of the CON-
muni,y, as well as of revenue to tho coun-
try. And on this head, Mr.. Glroy's work cam
not fail TO be of great importance 30 the Manu.
ftcturer-not particularly because it goes into
Carpet weaving, but that it has so UNANIMOUSLY
gone into all the branches Of weaving, which will
give the Mechanic at one view. what has been
done in the Improvements of the Loom, and
what yet remains TO be done.
1t will be impossible to more than allude TO the
branches under the head of " Chinills"-" Ia
Cashmere Shawls"-" Laces," &c.
1 al oE hnnl Mr.
roy has been ct great expense in getting the va
rious st yles of Looms represented by engrayings,
that cannot fail to instruct all who arc wishing
upon this head
kir. Gilroy has given US very interesting let
ter from ''JosuG Holman, member de Ia Legion
d. Houneur," on his Embroidering Machine.
But as it is one of the most valuable and at the
same time most complicated machines used in
the art, it would be useless to say more than that
it is not DR.. Ure's description of it; but the des
cription, ,oith the drawings, from the inventor
himself. AS specimens of engravings, they are
an ornament to the workout Us being genuine
descriptions of Mr.. Heilman's machine, they arc
Of the most intrinsic value.
"Section twelth"is devoted to figured weaving, |
in which branch of the art MIR. Glroy figures
pretty extensively as an inuentOr and pdtentee.
Some thirty more inventions are here present
ed as Improvements to the art OF weaving. III
more evidence than this were wanting to give
Mr. Gilroy the credit of having presen:ed the pub
lie with valuable work upon this subject, 1t Is
difficult to find it. His labois have been OF the
most valuable character; and in giving the re-
suits of his labors to the world in the manner IN
which he has dcnc, he deserves more than the
faint commentators that can give him. Weav-
ing as an art is of considerable interest to every
prsc,icai mind; but it is not for weaving alone
that Mr. Gilroy has Il right to claim praise. lie
has contributed to the wealth of England ana
France probably millions of dollars by the I'M
movements that he has made for the advance
aent of this great lever III the wealth OF nations
The Loom has been the rig hit arm to Engand's
p,osnority. Arkwrights improvement IN the
spinning machinery called for some more ready
mode than the old hand-loom to dispose OF me
surplus warn, and give it a market abroad. lhis
demand for operatives, or the machinery 10 per-
form the labor, called into immediate acuon Inc
talents of many clever men OF science ana ihe,
chanics, and among whom the Rev. Dr hanluiia
Cartwright stands foremost as having maze 'ne
first ZEAL Improvement IN the looms ana 50 csi-
dent has this and subsequent Improvements III
The loom added to the wesith of England, THAT
sixty years ago there were not more thaii ea'e'
,,;Ij;ons of pounds oil cotton used by her manutac-
t,rcrs. while row there IS near Three hundred
millions of pounds consumed by her laanuiac'uI-
ora INDEPENDENT of the consumption Of wool,
aay and silk, TO have effected tins It would
have reunited such an amount OF manuel iaooi
40 ~ al,nos, make prosihiton of tho general
sseiulness of Gotten, silk and WOODEN geoGs.
Only few wears ago good hand weaver Vi 80
or 80 years of age could not weave more tnaI TWO
pisces OF Sths shir,ngsper week. OF "A yos' long,
containing 100" picks per inch !" In 1923. when
power looms became more generally used' 1t ooiy
REQUIRED q GIRL about Is years Of age to atlend5So
looms. .urning out similar pieces per week
and 10 years later the improvements IN the ioom'
among which are many introduced by M, * on on
row. A power loom weaver, OF about 10 10 ~
wears of ago, assisted by girl II years oio cou.a
manage four looms, turning out 10 similar pleees
OF goodsequal to 432 yafa' or Se ya's S IN,
than could be made into CLOTH oeole ~, y, III, ,he
~, lon,,, This increase OIL t0e