New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-12-09
THE TRIBUNE.
Gllroy on Wearing.

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The author of this work has devoted his life
| ID Weaving and to making improvements on the
| more difficult Processes of that Art. With
rev to such improvement, he has visited nearly
uc,y civilized country, closely observed the ma.
ainery and processes of each, and studied what
au promised to shed light on his cherished
Aemo. In tho volume before US, he pre-
snts by the aid of many costly ongravings, a
pariect chart of the progress, of Weaving, from its
ruds and simple infancy to its wonderful! compile.
ions and still more wonderful results in our own
| isy, when over 90 colors are blended in carpet
as TO present every conceivable variety of out
Inc and shading. All the modern Looms of any
character are depicted and described; with the
successive improvements on each; and, alto.
tsther, tho book is one of which no manufacturer
Of Cloths can afford TO remain ignorant. The
srthor, in his Introduction, well observes:
"a thorough knowledge of the Art Of Weaving,
in all its vsr ees is the gradual result of indeati
gable eIerrion, and cannot be acquired, except by
Iag course Of practical application in those parts
of the weird where it is best understood.
Many Of our American weavers already possess
sufficient skill and dexterity n several branches OF
this, the most complex Of all arts, TO prove danger
ous rivals 10 those similarly engaged in other
very extensive In every quarter Of this coun-
,ry men of scientific genus are busy in applying
those elementary and specsidtipe principles, which
we're formerly confined TO the closet of the philose
pher, TO the grand purpose OF social improvement.
The great chain which connects theory with the
usopl ar,s, is rapidly e1tending and it liz impozsi
Bio 10 anticipate what may be the result.
This fabrication OF Almost every species of cloth
sppesrs TO Rave been carried 10 surprising ex-
pa, In the ancient world; and knowledge of the
processes BY which II was accomplished, together
With The improvements made on macy of them since
heir introduction into Europe, OF jects Of the
first national importance, and no apology 10 necer
,sry for our attempting collection OF facts on the
subject, embodyins them with our own experience
!. practical weaver ard manufacturer IN Euglan
ireland. Scotland, France, Belgium, Prussia sc.
br nearly quarter OF a century.
Although the art of weaving the more common
hbcs 10 extensively known in this country, never
t.les. the intricate and ornamental textures are
rot cell Understood: neither have they been ex-
,lsiped by any oae thoroughly verscd in the busi-
,es. winch preci1des the necessity Of further OBJ
ssralion from us on this head.
Av,,,st, o, publications elarve 10 this branch OF
Industry, desiered fer tbe use Of weaver, OF COM
nsa fabricr, have, indeed, appeared. at different
lines, by such au,hors ar o Doherty, Diugeues.
Nurphy, Greenongh, Peddio, o Nesrman, Yates
end IRE: but that these writers were wholly, or IN
.sreal measure, ignorant Of the subject, we have
dsmon.iravo proofs in their own works. Inc
books OF these men contain merely such scraps and
sketches as were furnished for them, by persons
;r,d Themselves.
there prevented, abupdanilv' testlhes. Such COM
plstoDs are nearly filled with tables and useless re-
PETITIONS, for the purpose of facilitating calcula-
lion" as they are termed. These tables appear "a
,h-r for the use of the plain cloth manufacturer OF
the twelfth century, than for the fancy warper, or
figure weaver of our own day To the mechanical
part of the BUSINESS such the construction OF the
looms and other apparatus requisite for tho more IN
rcaie kinds Of textures, and The necessary Prdct!-
cal nsruction: they have scarcely alluded 10 their
trsstses They only speak of the art in its imper-
ct state as il existed 10 Eng land ireland and Sect
land in lines long past; and hence such DOCKS are
lot calculated for the present age OF improvement
To the general reader, most interesting tea
turs of this costly aud curious as well as practi-
cal and useful work will be its exhibition of the
perfection of the ancient processes OF Weaving
Few of US suspect that the ingenious and won
dsrworkinp spinning jonnies, power.looms, &c
Of our day ought rather to be considered recover
iss from the deluge of barbarism and the rubbish
Of benigh,od centuries THIN new creations that
while in some arts we are unqueftionably supe-
nor, in others we are as indispu!ably inferior to
he artisans of Egypt, Nineveh and Babylon
,ges on ages before the Christian Era.
Mr.. Gilyoy has made valuable addition to
The useful literature of our Country, for which we
trust he will be generously rcquited. Such a work
would b. Of great value in our Lyceums' Me-
chsnics' Institutes. &c. where inventors and IN.
renious artisans might profit by its pages. as well
n stimulating their faculties when IN the right
direction as in warning them from errors to which
he most acute are exposed. Every year brains
ara added and lives sacrificed in attempting to
effect impossibilities in mechanism, or IN dong
indiferently what has already been done we'll
The diffusion of such works as this, dispeliing
mystery and simplifying art, is the proper anti
do,e to such illusions.