A MACHINE OR MACHINES POR THE MANUFACTURE OF BOBBIN LACE OR TWIST NET, SIMILAR TO AND RESEMBLING THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LACE NET AND FRENCH LACE NET AS MADE BY THE HAND WITH BOBBINS ON PILLOWS
Year: 1811

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
BROWN, of New Radford, near Nottingham, in the County of Nottingham,
Lace Net Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS His present Majesty King George the Third, in and by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Twenty-fourth day of April last, for Himself, His heirs and
successors, did give and grant unto me, the said John Brown, my exors,
adñiors, and assigns, and every of them, by myself and themselves, or by my
and their deputy and deputies, servants or agents, or such others as I, the
said John Brown, my exors, aduiors, or assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my
Invention of "A MACHINE OR MACHINES POR THE MANUFACTURE OF BOBBIN
LACE OR TWIST NET, SIMILAR TO AND RESEMBLING THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LACE
NET AND FRENCH LACE NET AS MADE BY THE HAND WITH BOBBINS ON PILLOWS;"
in which said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso, obliging me, the
said John Brown, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, par-
ticularly to describe and ascertain the nature of my said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, and to cause the same to be
inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calender months

page_text: next and immediately after the date of the said recited Letters Patent,
as in and by the same, reference being thereto had, will more fully appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, J, the said
John Brown, do hereby describe and ascertain the naturo of my said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed and operate, by the
Plans or Drawings hereto annexed, and in the following description thereof
(that is to say):-
My Invention consists as represented by the Drawings hereto annexed and
as herein-after described.
Section 1st represents :-Figure 1 (three views of), the right-hand soul bar,
which is fastened to the wood frame with three screws; the left-hand soul bar,
the same. Figure 2 (two views of), the right-band main standard, which is
fastened down to Figure 1 with four screws; the left-hand main standard,
the same. Figure 3, the front cross bar, which is screwed at each end to
the bottom of the front of Figure 2. Figure 4, the back cross barr, which is
screwed at each end to the bottom of the back of Figure 2. Figure 5, the top
cross bar, which is screwed in the front slit at the top of Figure 2, and fastened
with nuts. (These Figures, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, form a shell of the machine.)
Figure 6, the right-hand point bar guard, which is put in the middle slit
of Figure 2, and fastened with a nut; the left, the same. Figure 7, the right-
hand centre bar bearer, which is screwed to Figures 3 and 4; the left, the
same. Figure 8 (two views of), the centre bar, which is put in a slit at
the top of Figure 7, and fastened with nuts; (Figure 8 hath a slit in it to
let the lace through). Figure 9, bits of iron, screwed on Figure 7, for the
roller 10 to work in. Figure 10, the roller on which the lace winds when
made. Figure 11 (two views of), the back standard, which is screwed at the
bottom of the centre of Figure 4; Figure 12, a crank, joined to Figure 11 with
a screw joint; Figures 13, 13, a lever, joined to Figure 12 with a screw joint.
There is an elastic spring fastened to the centre part of Figure 13 and the end
of Figure 12, to draw back Figure 12 when at work; also a wire fastened to
the hook of Figure 13 descends to treadle C. Figure 14 is a stop, screwed
to Figure 11, to stop Figure 29. Figure 15, a stud, screwed at one end to
Figure 11, and at the other end is a small wheel, upon which Figure 76 acts
to regulate Figure 60.
Section 2d represents:-Figure 16, one of two centres fastened in the
outside slit at the bottom of the right-hand main standard, with nuts for
the spindle bars to work on; two other centres aflixed in the same manner
on the left-hand main standard. Figure 17, the spindle bar in front, which
works on the front centre 16; the back spindle bar, the same. Figures 18, 18,

page_text: the front spindle bar arms are fixed in each end of Figure 17 with a pin; the
back spindle arms are the same, except about four inches nearer each other;
there is a centre at the top of each for Figure 19 to work on. Figure 19, the
front centre bar, which works on the centres affixed to Figures 18; the same
on the back. Figure 20, the point bar, which is made fast to Figure 19 by
21, 21, being screwed on each end, and a piece of iron fastened in the middle
of Figures 19 and 20, to keep them from sinking; the back point bar, the
same. Figures 21, 21, two pieces of iron, screwed to each end of Figures 19
and 20, in front, to keep them together; the same on the back. Figure 22, a
point lead, screwed to the front point bar, Figure 20; and similar point leads
are to be fixed in the same manner and the whole length of the bar. Figures
22, 22, (two views of), the point leads, with twelve points cast in each lead
(real size). Figure 23, the front point bar stop, screwed on the end of
Figure 19, and works round Figure 6; the back point bar stop, the same.
Figure 24, the front lever bows, the top parts of which are screwed to the
bottom part of Figures 18, 18; the back lever bows, the same, except about
eight inches shorter. Figure 25, the front bottom bar, screwed to the bottom
ends of 24; the same on the back.
Section 3d represents :-Figure 26, the right-side centre pivot, which is
affixed in the middle slit at the bottom of Figure 2 with a nut; the left-sido
centre pivot, the same. Figures 27, 27, the right-side centre carriage, which
works on 26, and is regulated by the nut at the end of it; the left-side centre
carriage, the same. Figures 28, 28, the right-hand carriage arms, one screwed
on each 27, crossing each other under 26, and projecting out each way to the
ends of the cross bar, Figure 29; the left-hand carriage arms, the same.
Figure 29, the front cross bar, which is screwed at each end to Figures 28, 28,
and to which Figure 30 (the handle) is screwed; the back cross bar, the same.
Figure 30, the handle, screwed to Figure 29. Figures 31, 31, the right-hand
carriage bosses, let into slits at the ends of 27, 27, and fastened with nuts;
the left-hand carriage bosses, the same. Figures 32, 32, the right-side jack
bar ends, screwed to 31, 31; the left, the same. Figure 33, the front jack bar,
screwed on at each end to 32, 32, immediately underneath 35, and carries
Figures 49, 50, and 51, which are held to it by Figure 38; the back, the
same. Figure 34, the comb bar, screwed at each end to Figures 32, 32, and
to which 40 (the handle) is screwed; the back one, the same. Figure 35,
a comb lead, screwed to the comb bar. The combs are made of sinker
plate, and guaged to about forty in the inch; a comb lead is one inch wide,
and there are twenty-four combs cast in each lead, and a lead screwed to
each hole in the front and back comb bars, and when squared the front`

page_text: and back combs exactly face each other. Figure 35 (two views of), a
comb lead, with combs at real size. Figure 36, one of the three front locker
feet, to which a pivot is fastened, with a nut screwed to the bottom of
the front of Figure 34, one at each end and one in the middle; the three
back locker feet and pivots, the same. Figures 37, 37, 37, the front lockers,
put on the pivots 36; the same on the back. Figure 38, the front locking
bar, screwed on 37, 37, 37, and lays over the combs to hold 49, 50, and 51, in
their proper situation; the back the same. Figure 39, the front strengthening
bar, screwed on 37, 37, 37, to keep 38 from springing; the ame on the bac.
Figure 40, the handle, screwed on to Figure 34. Figures 41, 41, the right and
left hand wheel standards, screwed to Figures 32, 32; the same on the back.
Figure 42, the left-hand locking wheel, works on a spindle let into a slit
at the end of Figure, 41, and fastened with a nut. There is a small spring
fastened at the end of the spindle, with a nut to regulate the wheel. The
right-hand wheel and the two back ones. are fixed on. in the same manner.
Figure 43, a stud and pivot on the left-hand side, screwed to 37, with a small
wheel at the end of the pivot to work on 42; the right-hand stud and pivot
and the two back ones, the same. Figure 44, a left-hand front lever,
works on a pivot at the top of 41, and joins at the top with the back left-hand
lever, where they are fastened together with a screw joint, and at the other
end is a pivot for 45, the driver, to work upon; the two right-hand levers, the
same. Figure 45, the driver, works on a pivot at the end of 44, and by the
opening and shutting of Figures 33.and 44, drives round 42. Figure 46, tho
front carriage arm stop, put into a slit in 2; the back, the same. Figure 47
(in Section 2d), the left-hand point bar stop, fastened to Figure 2, with a nut
and stops 18; the right-hand one and two back ones, the same. Figure 48,
the front locker stop, screwed to 34, and turned up with a screw at the top to
stop 37 and 38; the back, the same. Figure 49, the bobbin, which contains
the straight down threads, and which is put on a pivot in Figure 50, and kept
on by Figure 51. Figure 50 (three views of), the jacks, to which 49. are
affixed, of which jacks there are 24 in every inch, to answer to and work between
the combs (35). The jacks are placed, between and kept in their positions by
Figures 33 and 38, and every other jack is reversed. In each jack there is a
very small hole to let the threads through from the bobbin, as shewn in the
edge view. Figure 51, the spring on the pivot of 50, to regulate 49.
Section 4th represents :-Figure 52, the left-hand boss to the dividing bar,
fastened into the middle slit near the top of Figure 2 with a nut; the right, the
same. Figure 53, the dividing bar, with a lead of dividers on it, fastened at
each end with a screw to Figure 2. Figure 54, a lead of dividers (real size),

page_text: cast twenty-four in each lead, and screwed one on every hole in Figure 53.
Figure 55, the crank bar, works on two centres at the top and on the back of
Figure 2; these centres are similar to Figure 16, with a hole at each end to
admit the axle of Figure 56, and a bit of iron (A) takes off to let the axle in
and out. Figures 56, 56; the main bar ends, with an axle to work in the
holes at the ends of 55. Figure 57, the main bar, screwed at each end of
Figures 56, 56. Figure 58, the standards and studs, fixed in slits 56, 56, and
fastened with nuts, with holes in them to receive the axle of the top lead bar.
Figure 59, studs, fixed in the slits, Figures 56, 56, and fastened with nuts, with
holes in, them to receive the axle of Figure 60. Figure 60, the bottom lead bar,
with a lead of forks screwed on it, fixed in the studs 59; the top lead bar like
it, but fixed in Figure 58. Figure 61, the bottom lead bar bearer, screwed on
Figure 60, and turns over the back of Figure 55, and by two screws regulates
Figure 60; the top, the same. Figure 62 (two views of), the fork lead, to be
screwed to the bottom lead bar (real size), with twelve forks cast in it; one of
the leads is screwed to each hole. Figure 63 (two views of), the top fork
lead (real size); to be screwed to the top lead bar, with twelve forks cast into
it, one of which is to be screwed on each hole; there are two bits of iron
screwed on the centre of 57, which project under the two lead bars, and prevent
them from sinking.
....
-Section 5th represents :-Figure 64 (two views of), the bolt standard,
screwed on the right-hand end of Figure 57, with four sockets made fast on it
for bolts 65, 65, to work in. Figures 65, 65, the bolts, which work in 64, and
bear against the two wheels 67; 67, nearest together. Figure 66, the gibbet,
screwed on Figure 64, for the wheels 67, 67, 67, to work in. Figures
67, 67, 67, the wheels on Figure 66. Figures 67, 67, two end views of the
wheels, which work in Figure 66. Figure 68, a piece of iron, screwed to the
top of the right-hand end of Figure 2, and projects outwards. Figures 69, 69,
two studs and pivots, put in two slits in 68, and fastened with nuts. Figures
70, 70, two drivers on the pivots, Figure 69, drive round the wheels 67, which
work the bolts 65, and shog the top and bottom lead bars. Figure 71 (in
Section 4th), the right-hand crank bar 'stop, screwed on the right-hand end of
Figure 55, and turns over the top of Figure 5, with a regulating screw at top
and bottom to regulate Figure 60. Figure 72 (in Section 2d), a piece of iron,
screwed on the back of the wood frame to the right of the centre, on which the
right-hand caster back works; a similar piece of iron is screwed to the left of
the centre of the wood frame, on which the left-hand caster back works.
Figures 73, 73, (in Section' 2d), the caster backs, affixed to Figures 72, 72, with
á screw joint; one projects backward to catch the back, Figure 25, and the

page_text: other forwards to catch the front, Figure 25. To the upper end of the left-
hand caster back a wire is affixed, which descends to the heel paddle put on the
foot piece of the wood frame, and to the lower end an elastic spring, which
s fastened at the other end to the wood frame, to keep the stop up to 72;
from the lower end of the right-hand caster back a wire descends to treadle D,
and to the upper end is affixed an elastic spring, which is fastened at the
other end to the wood frame, to keep the stop up to 72. Figures 74, 74,
(in Section 2d), two pullics, screwed on the back of the wood frame;
to the centre of the front bottom bar a strap is affixed, which goes over
the right-hand pully, and descends to treadle B; to the centre of the back
bottom bar a strap is affixed, which goes over the left-hand pully, and descends
to treadle A. Figure 75 (in Section 4th), the guard bar, screwed on each end
of Figure 60 through the slits of 75, which are made to regulate its distance;
the back edge of 75 hangs immediately over the points of the dividers on 53,
to keep in the threads. Figure 76 (in Section 4th), the guide, screwed to
the centre of Figure 57, projects backwards over and acts upon Figure 15, to
regulate and keep Figure 60 at a proper distance from Figure 53.
Section 6th represents :-Figure 77, the left-hand upright, affixed in the
middle slit at the top of Figure 2 with a screw, which goes through the slit in
Figure 2, and the long one in Figure 77, and fastened with a nut; the long
slit is to regulate its heighth, and receive the ends of 78; at the upper end
is a hole to receive the end of Figure 90; the right hand, the same. Figures
78, 78, the cross bars, screwed together at each end, with a slit between them
to receive 88, and two small studs on it, one at each end, to receive the ends of
79; the cross bars are fastened at each end with a nut into the slit of 77.
Figure 79, the slide bar, put into the studs of Figure 78. Figure 80, a small
click, which draws round the iron wheel 88, and puts the bobbins and brass
wheel 88 in motion; there is one click screwed to each hole in Figure 79; to
Figure 80, and the upper part of Figure 81, is affixed an elastic spring, which
holds 83 to the bottom wheel 82. Figure 81, the gibbet, screwed on the right-
hand end of Figure 78, with a centre at each end for Figures 82, 82, to work
on. Figures 82, 82, the wheels on Figure 81, which revolve once in every eight
courses in making two-inch wide lace, and which, during their revolution, shog
Figure 79 eight times gradually to the left, but at every revolution, Figure 79
is drawn back to its original position by the elastic spring fixed to 80 and 81.
Figures 82, 82, the form of the wheels in Figure 81. Figure 83, a small stop,
screwed on the right-hand end of 79, with a regulating screw through the
other end, which bears against the edge of the bottom wheel 82, and forces
Figure 79 to the left, but on every revolution falls off the mount of 82, and

page_text: suffers 79 to be drawn back to its original position by the elastic spring fixed
to 80 and 81. Figure 84, the bearer, screwed at the top of the left-hand end of
Figure 79, has at the other end two guage screws to regulate 79 on Figure 85.
Figure 85, a stud, screwed on the bottom part of the left-hand end of Figure 78,
on which Figure 79 is regulated by the screws in Figures 84. Figure 86, the
driver, put on the pivot on Figure 87, and held on with a nut; it bears against
and is held to the top of Figure 82 by a spring, and drives round Figures 82, 82.
Figure 87, the driver standard, screwed through a regulating slit in it to the
back part of the right-hand end of Figure 55, with a pivot at the end of it, on
which Figure 86 is affixed. Figure 88, a small stud, fastened with a nut into the
slits in 78, 78, immediately behind Figure 80, the whole length of Figure 79,
with a pivot at the end, on which the iron wheel 88 is put, and held steady
with a spring and nut; near the edge of the iron wheel a piece of iron is
rivetted, which hangs downwards about three inches and an half. To the centre
of this piece of iron a spindle is affixed, on which Figure 89 (which contains
the joining or cross threads) turns, and to the bottom of this piece of iron the
edge of a brass wheel, Figure 88, is rivetted, (which brass wheel, for making
one-inch breadth, should be half an inch in diameter; for two-inch breadth,
one inch in diameter; and for any other breadth in proportion,) in which there
are holes drilled to put the joining or cross threads through, to supply the
machine in proportion to and according to the guage of the machine. There
is a hole drilled through the pivot, on which the iron wheel turns, through
which a string passes, which is fastened at one end to and works round the
whall of the bobbin, and goes over the pulley 91, and to the other end a lead
weight is suspended, to regulate the delivery of the thread from 89. The iron
wheel 88 (in making two-inch wide lace), revolves only once in ninety-six
courses, or one revolution to twelve of Figure 82. There are as many of
these studs, pivots, wheels, bobbins, and weights in the machine as there are
breadths of lace making. Figure 89, the bobbin on Figure 88, (which bobbin,
for making one-inch breadth, should be half an inch in the groove; and for
two-inch breadth, one inch in the groove; and for any other breadth in pro-
portion. Figure 90, the cross bar, put into the holes at the top of 77. Figure
91, pulley, affixed to Figure 90, immediately over Figure 88, from whence the
lead weight is suspended which regulates 89.
The wood frame to and upon which this machinery is affixed is similar to
that of a warp frame, well known in the lace manufactory, (except its being
about twelve inches lower. The main standards are of cast iron, and the
remainder of the machinery of wrought iron, pewter, and brass. The parts
which are made of brass are coloured yellow in the Drawings herewith.

page_text: Plate E shews the front view of the machine when compleated; late
shews an end view of the machine when compleated; Plate G'shews a skeleton
view of the parts of the back of the machine not shewn in Plates E or F.
The scale of the sections is four inches to the foot, except when any part of
the machine is stated to be drawn of the real size.
Having shewn the different parts of the machine, and how it is put together,
the following is the method of putting in the threads and preparing it to
work I first take Figure 49 (the bobbin), and fill it with thread; I then take
the whole of Figure 50. from between Figures 33 and 38, with a small wire
lift up the end of. 51 through the hole of 49, and put 49 on the pivot of 50
underneath 51, which keeps. it to with a small hook; I then draw the end of
the thread from 49 through the small hole in 50, No. 1 (the first jack on the
left-hand side), and place it in the first space of Figure 35, between the bars,
Figures 33 and 38; I then take another bobbin 49; put it on' the pivot in 50,
No. 2, in the same manner as on No. 1; and then 'reverse 50, No. 2, and put
it in the second space of 35. Another bobbin 49 is then put on the pivot
in 50, No. 3, in the same manner, and placed in the third space of 35, in the
same manner as No. 1; No. 4 in the same manner as No. 2, and so on until
every space in 35 is filled, when, by turning 42 one notch, they are all made
fast between Figures 33 and 38. I then fasten the ends of the threads to the
roller 10, and put a sufficient number of threads on each of the Figures 89, to
make a breadth of lace according to the guage of the machine. I then put
each Figure 89 on the spindles on Figures 88, and put one thread through
each hole in each brass wheel 88, and fasten the ends of the threads to the
roller 10. I fasten the end of a small string round the whall of each 89,
draw it. through the centre of 80, over 91, and suspend to the other end of it a
lead weight, to regulate 89. I then fasten a string to each end of roller 10,
which is wound.several times round, and I suspend thereto two large weights,
one at each end, which, by drawing the roller round, straightens the threads.
1 then put the threads between the dividers, one to cach divider, and put
Figures 22; 22, back and front, between the threads, to regulate them for work,
then screw 75 on 60, in front of the threads, to keep them in their places.
The threads being now put in, and the machine ready, I shall proceed to
work two courses, which will make a mesh, and shew the motions of the
machine. I take hold of the handle 30 and bear it down, which brings up the
stop 32 to 2 at. the back; in rising, 50 comes through the threads to the
centre of 50. Figures 42 and: 44 rise and lower 45. I hold 32 to 2 with my
left hand, take hold of 40 with the right hand, rise 32 in the front to 2. In
rising, 50 enters 35 in the front, and at the same time 42 and 44 rise and lower

page_text: 45 to 42, and drive 42 one notch at the back and front at the same time.
When 32 gets within one-eighth of an inch of 2, by the back 42 going one
notch, it lowers 43 and raises 38 from 50 at the back; 42 going one notch in
the front raises 43 and lowers 38 on 50 in the front; bear down 40 till 29
stops at 14, which brings 50 through the threads, and lowers 42 and 44 and
raises 45; then bear 30 and 40 to the right, which shogs 27 on 26 one twenty-
fourth part of an inch. I then raise 40, which raises 32 to 2 in the front. In
going up, 50 goes through the threads to the centre of 50, and into 35 at the
back; at the same time, 42 and 44 rise and lower 45 to 42, and drive 42 one
notch, both at back and front; 43 in the front falls one notch, 38 rises from
50; 43 at the back rises one notch, and 38 falls on 50; raise 30 till 29 in the
front stops at 46, which takes 50 through the threads, lowers 42 and
44, and raises 45; bear 30 and 40 to the left, which shog 27 on 26 one.
twenty-fourth part of an inch; bear down 30, which brings up at the back
82 to 2, and brings 50 through the threads to the centre of 50, and into 35
at the front, raises 42 and 44 and lowers 45; 43 at the back falls one, notch
and raises 38 from 50; 43 in the front raises one notch and lowers 38 on
50; bear down 40 until 29 stops at 14, which brings 50 through the threads,
and lowers 42 and. 44 and raises 45; raise 30 until 29 in the front stops at
46, which takes down 32 at the, back, bear 30 and 40 to. the right, which
shog 27 on 26 one twenty-fourth part of an inch. I then bear on treadle
C, which draws down 13 and forces 12 up, which is connected with 57, and;
drives. 63 and 62, which receive the threads, and carry them forwards out of
the dividers until 71 stops against the bottom of 5. In coming forwards, the.
short driver 70 drives 67, and forces 63 to the left; and brings 62 to the right,
which crosses the threads, and in going back delivers them into the dividers;
at the same time, the long driver drives 67 and brings back 63 and 62 into.
their proper positions to join the next time; and at the same time, 86 drives
round 82, which; forces 79 to the left, and causes 80 to force 88 round one.
twenty-fourth part of an inch. I then bear down treadle D, which brings
down at the front 73 and lets. 25 at liberty, which lowers 18 to 47, and draws
22 at the back out of the work; then bear down treadle B, which raises at the.
front 25, and forces 23, at the back up. the back of and to the top of 6, which
then enters the...open part of 23; 23 then. falls down to and rests upon
the bottom end of 6; at the time 23 turns over the top of 6, it admits 22
through the threads to force down the joining.
I have now finished one course, and will proceed to the second. I take hold
of the handle 30 and bear it down, which brings up the stop 32 to 2 at the
back, and raises 42 and 44. and lowers 45. I hold 32 to 2 with my left hand,

page_text: and raise 40 with the right hand, which raises 32 to 2 in the front. In rising,
50 goes through the threads to the centre of 50, and enters 35 at the back, at
the same time raises 42 and 44, and lowers 45 to 42, and drives 42 one notch
at the back and front at the same time; when 32 gets within one-eighth of an
inch of 2 by 42 going one notch in the front, it lowers 43 and raises 38 from 50;
and by 42 going one notch in the back, it raises 43 and lowers 38 on 50.
Raise 30 until 29 in the front stops at 46, which takes 50 through the threads,
and lowers 42 and 44 and raises 45; bear 30 and 40 to the left, which shogs 27
on 26 one twenty-fourth part of an inch; bear down 30, which brings up at the
back 32 to 2, and brings 50 through the threads to the centre of 50, and into 35
35 at the front, raises. 42 and 44 and lowers 45; 43 at the back falls one notch,
and raises 38 from 50; 43 in the front raises one notch, and lowers 38 on 50;
bear down 40 until 29 stops at 14, which brings 50 through the threads and
lowers 42 and 44 and raises 45; bear 30 and 40 to the right, which shog 27 on
26 one twenty-fourth part of an inch; raise 40 until 32 gets to 2 in the front; in
going up, 50 goes through the threads to the centre of 50, and into 35 at the
back; at the same time, 42 and 44 rise and lower 45 to 42, and drives 42 one
notch both at back and front; 43 in the front falls one notch, and 38 rises
from 50; 43 in the back rises one notch, and 38 falls on 50; raise 30 until
29 in the front stops at 46, which takes 50 through the threads, lowers 42 and
44, and raises 45; bear down 40 until 29 stops at 14; bear 30 and 40 to
the left, which shog 27 on 26 one twenty-fourth part of an inch. I bear on
threadle C, which draws down 13 and forces up 12, which is connected with
57, and drives 63 and 62, which receive the threads, and carry them forwards
out of the dividers, until 71 stops against the bottom of 5. In coming forwards,
the short driver 70 drives 67, and forces 63 to the left, and brings 62 to the
right, which crosses the threads, and in going back delivers them into the
dividers; at the same time, the long driver drives 67, and brings back 63 and
62 into their proper positions to join the next time; at the same time, 86 drives
round 82, which forces 79 to the left, and causes 80 to force 88 round one
twenty-fourth part of an inch. I then bear on the heel paddle, which brings
down 73 at the back and lets 25 at liberty, which lowers 18 to 47, and
draws 22 at the front out of the work. Then bear down A, which raises at
the back 25, and forces 23 at the front up the front and to the top of 6, which
then enters the open part of 23; 23 then falls down and rests upon the bottom
end of Figure 6. At the time 23 turns over the top of 6, it admits 22 through
the threads to force down the joining. The two courses are then compleated,
and one mesh made.
By this Invention several breadths of different widths of the said bobbin lace

page_text: or twist net are made at one and the same time by the same movements or
working of the said machinery, and with perfect edgings or selvidges to each
breadth, equal to the edging or selvedge of the said Buckinghamshire or French
lace net, and which has never before been made or effected of equal quality
by or upon any machinery; which said lace net is to be made of thread and
silk and other materials of which the said Buckinghamshire and French or
other lace net is made.
The front view of the machine shews twenty-two breadths of lace making,
with the threads drawing from a corresponding number of bobbins suspended
from Figure 78. The breadths are not equal, the first breadth at the left
hand being only one inch wide, the tenth and eleventh from the left hand one
inch and an half wide, and the rest of the breadths two inches wide.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Brown, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty-second day of October, in the year of our Lord
Inrolled the Twenty-second day of October, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eleven.