A MACHINE FOR THE MAKING AND MANU- FACTURING OF ALL SORTS OF PLATED WORK, PLAIN AND FIGURED LACE, CHAIN LACE, LINES, ROPES, AND CABLES, NETS, AND NET WORK
Year: 1784

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
MARCH, of the Parish of Saint Clement Danes, in the County of Middlesex,
Hosier, send greeting.
J.
'WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, hath
been graciously pleased by His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of
Great Britain, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of July, in the twenty-
fourth year of His reign, and now last past, to give and grant unto me, the
said Richard March, my executors, administrators, and assigns, His especial
licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said Richard
March, my executors, administrators, and assigns, and every of them, by
myself and themselves, or by my and their deputy or deputies, servants or
agents, or such others as I, the said Richard March, my executors, adminis-
trators, or assigns, should at any time agree with and no others, should and
lawfully might, from time to time, and at all times thereafter, during the term
of years therein expressed, make; use, exercise, and vend, within that of
Great Britain called England, the Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-
upon-Tweed, my new Invention of "A MACHINE FOR THE MAKING AND MANU-
FACTURING OF ALL SORTS OF PLATED WORK, PLAIN AND FIGURED LACE, CHAIN LACE,
LINES, ROPES, AND CABLES, NETS, AND NET WORK," in such manner as to me,
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page_text: my executors, adññiors, and assigns, or any of us should in our discretion seem
meet, and that I, the said Richard March, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should and lawfully might have and enjoy the whole profit, benefit,
commodity, and advantage from time to time coming, growing, accruing, and
arising by reason of the said Invention, to have, hold, exercise, and enjoy the
said licence, powers, priviledges, and advantages therein granted or mentioned
to be granted unto me, the said Richard March, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, for and during and unto the full end and term of fourteen years
from the date of the said Letters Patent next and immediately ensuing, and
fully to be complete and ended according to the Statute in that case made and
provided; and whereas in the said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso
that I, the said Richard March, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is performed,
by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, and cause the same to
be inrolled in the High Court of Chancery within four calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent, as in and by
the said Letters Patent, relation being thereunto had, will more fully and at
large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in pursuance and conformity to the said Letters
Patent, and the proviso therein contained, I, the said Richard March, do
hereby declare my said new invented machine is made and performed in
manner following, that is to say:-
Fig. 5, the
8, seat and
Fig. 11, a
Fig. 1, in the Drawing annexed, right side of the stand. Fig. 2, left side
of the stand. Fig. 3, the swing. Fig. 4, the stand and swing.
left bracket. Fig. 6, the right bracket, Fig. 7, the seat. Fig.
bracket screw.
plate to fasten 15, 35, and 46 in
a screw for the plate Fig. 11.
an hook, side view. Fig. 15, hooks cast in pewter ready for
Fig. 9, seat pin.
Fig. 10, the hook bar.
the bars 10, 28, and 44.
Fig. 13, an hook, front view.
Fig. 12,
Fig. 14,
working.
Fig. 16, a course hook, front view. Fig. 17, ditto, side view. Fig. 18, the
on bar cock. Fig. 19, the on bar. Fig. 20, the on bar, left, spring. Fig. 21,
the on bar, right spring. Fig. 22, the crook bar cock.. Fig. 23, the crook
axis bar, upper stop. Fig. 24, ditto, lower stop. Fig. 25, the crook axis bar.
Fig. 26, the left lower axis for Fig. 25. Fig. 27, the right lower axis for
ditto. Fig. 27, No. 2, the crook bar stop. Fig. 28, the crook bar.. Fig. 29,
No 1 and No. 2, scales. Fig. 30, an index. Fig. 31, cock and roller. Fig.
32 moving bar stay. Fig. 33, a lever. Fig. 34, a crook, side view. Fig. 35,
crooks cast in pewter ready for working. Fig. 36,
screw, roller, and pins. Fig. 37, sliding crook spring.
cock for the adjusting
Fig. 38, sliding crook.

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Fig. 41, the driver. Fig. 42, the
Fig. 44, the looping bar. Fig.
Fig. 39, roller. Fig. 40, the driver cock.
driver spring. Fig. 43, the looping axis bar.
45, a looping.wire. Fig. 46, looping wires cast in pewter ready for working.
Fig. 47, wire to support the threads. Fig. 48, left supporter. Fig. 49, right
supporter. Fig. 50, left stop. Fig. 51, right stop. Fig. 52, adjusting cock
and screw. Fig. 53, crossing sticks. Fig. 54, the net lace platting and
looping wire. Fig. 55, cross stay bar and rollers. Fig. 56, the eye and
groove pin. Fig. 57, the crook bar stand. Fig. .58, the on bar conductor.
Fig. 59, the on bar. Fig. 60, the conductor cock and pin. Fig. 61, the left
guide for the upper axis of the crook bar. Fig. 62; the right ditto. Fig. 63,
the spring for the lower axis of ditto. Fig. 64, the treadle, line, pulley, weight,
and roller for the threads. Fig. 65, the roller stick. Fig. 66, the line
weights and roller for the work.
..
To put the machine together, screw Fig. 5 to the side of the stand Fig. 4 at
g, on the left side with Fig. 8, and Fig. 6 at g on the right side, screw Fig. 7
to Fig. 5 at m and k, put Fig. 9 into the holes n and l to fasten the seat screw.
Fig. 10 through b, b, at each end into b, b, at the top of the stand Fig. 4.
After having cast in a mould made by a framesmith or other mechanic for that.
purpose a sufficient number of hooks in pewter to fill Fig. 10, screw them fast
with screws made as Fig. 12, with a number of plates, Fig. 11, at 9, I,
I, I, I, I, 7, 7, according to the width of the bar Fig. 10. Fig. 13, 14, 16,
and 17 are made of iron wire, with a groove or eye punched at 1 large enough
to receive the crook. Screw one, Fig. 18, to each end of Fig. 10 at s, s.;. put
the pin 2 of Fig. 19 through the holes 4, in Fig. 18, placed on the left, and the
pin 3 through the holes 4 in Fig. 18, placed on the right. Screw Figure. 20
to the left side of Fig. 4 at f,ff, as seen on the right side of Fig. 4. Screw
Fig. 21 on the right side of Fig. 4 at f,f,f. Screw Fig. 22 on the left end
of Fig. 10 at r, r, and another, Fig. 22, on the
first placing the pins 5, 5, 5, and the screw holes t and u on the contrary side to
which they are now placed in the view. Screw Fig. 28 to Fig. 22 at t with a
stud screw, and Fig. 24 to Fig. 22 at u with a stud screw.
No. 1, to Fig. 25 at z, z, z, z, and Fig. 30 to Fig. 29 at
screw for it to turn on. Screw 4 of Fig. 32 at y, y, Fig. 25.
on a stud screw at C, Fig. 26, on the left end at w, w, and
right end at w, w. Screw Fig. 27, No. 2, on Fig. 27. at 6. Screw one, Fig. 36,
to each end of Fig. 25 at a, x. Put Fig. 37 on the pins E, E, Fig. 36, at
E, E. Put Fig. 38 on the pins E, E, Fig. 36 at E, E. Screw Fig. 39 at
D, D, to the back of Fig. 36 as dotted at D, D. Screw Fig. 40 to the left
end plate, Fig. 11, belonging to Fig. 28 at G, G, and another, Fig. 40, to the
right end of Fig. 10 at r, r,
Screw Fig. 29,
with a stud
A,
Screw Fig. 33
Fig. 27 on the

page_text: right end plate. Put Fig. 41 to Fig. 40 at F, F, so as it may turn on the pin.
Screw Fig. 42 to Fig. 40 at H, H. Fill Fig. 28 with cast crooks, Fig. 35,
screw them fast with Fig. 12 and Fig. 11. Screw four of Fig. 31 at B, B,
on each side the bar Fig. 28, having the necessary Figures screwed to it, place it
flat to Figure 25, first placing the point K of Fig. 30 in the hole K. in Fig. 28,
and as Fig. 27, No. 2, turns on the stud screw at 6, turn it back to admit Fig.
28 to be moved to the right, which will admit the four Figures 31 to be placed
in the four Figures 32, which being done, turn Fig. 27, No. 2, into its place
The left end of Fig. 28 must be.
Screw four of Fig. 32 to Fig. 43
at y, y, and Fig. 29, No. 2, to
Tie Fig. 53 to
Screw Fig. 55 to
Fig. 1 at Q, as
again, and it becomes a stop to Fig. 28.
stopped by a pin or screw fixed in Fig. 25.
at y, y. Screw four of Fig. 31 to. Fig. 44
Fig. 44 at z, z. Fill the bar Fig. 44 with cast looping wires, and fasten them
with the screws Fig. 12 and plates Fig. 11. Put the wire, Fig. 47, through
the holes in Fig. 46 at q, q. Screw Fig. 48 to the left side of Fig. 4 at
d, d, d, d, as described in the right side of Fig. 4. Screw Fig. 49 to Fig. 4 at
d, d, d, d. Screw Fig. 50 to Fig. 48 atm, with a stud screw for it to turn on.
Screw Fig. 51 to Fig. 49 at N, with a stud screw for it to turn on. Screw
two of Fig. 52 to Fig. 1, and two of Fig. 52 to Fig. 2 at O.
the axis of Fig. 43, with the strings at each end at 11.
Fig. 4 at P, P, at each side. Screw two of Fig. 56 to
described, Z and W. and two of Fig. 56 without the pin 12, as described, U
and Y, Fig. 2. Screw two of Fig. 57 to Fig. 4 at a, a, and a, a. Screw
Fig. 58 to Fig. 4 on the right side at e, e, and another, Fig. 58, to Fig. 4 on the
left side at e, e, first placing the cross bar 13 with stud screws on the other
side. As Fig. 58 is.required to move on the four stud screws 15, 15, and e, e,
place Fig. 59 in the two Figures 58 at R, & R. Screw two of Fig. 60 to the
back of Fig. 3 at S, S, S, one to each side, and pin Fig. 58 on the axes of
Fig. 60 at 17 and 17. Screw Fig. 61 to the left side of Fig. 3 at 0, 0, as
described, on the right of Fig. 3, and screw Fig. 62 to Fig. 3 on the right side
at O, O. Screw Fig. 63 to Fig. 3 on the right side at p, p, p, and another,
Fig. 63, to Fig. 3, on the left side. Screw the pulley dotted
to the inside of Fig. 2, as dotted thus
the
in Fig. 64
Put the axis W, in Fig. 64, into
eye W, Fig. 1, and the axis U into the eye U, Fig. 2. Screw the treadle
of Fig. 64 to Fig. 4 at i, i. Put the line 19 round the pulley at the end of
Fig. 64, as described in the view, and through the pulley at ; tie this
end of the line to the treadle 20, and the other end to the weight 18. After
having placed the threads for working on Fig. 65, put it into the groove X,
Fig. 65. Put the axis z, Fig. 66, into the eye z, Fig. 1, and the axis Y

page_text: into the eye Y, Fig. 2. Put a line round the pulley at the end of Fig. 66, a
small weight at one end, and a larger at the other end, as described.
To prepare the machine ready for working, place as many threads on
Fig. 65 as are required for the work, and cross them as described at 24
and 24 in Fig. 53, by warping or from bobbins. Put Fig. 65 into the groove
X, Fig. 64. Take the first or outside thread, put it up between the looping
wires and over the wire Fig. 47, as described in the plan, then through the
end hole of the looping wire, and so proceed thread by thread as the crossing
directs. Tie the ends of the threads round any stick or wire, and place them
between the on and off bars ready for looping. Put Fig. 25 with its contents
into Fig. 22, and place the axis Fig. 26 and Fig. 27 at 27, and the upper
axis of Fig. 25 in Fig. 22 at 28. Put the axis of Fig. 43, with its contents,
into Fig. 48 and Fig. 49 at J.
To perform work with the machine, each side of the front of the swing
must rest against the screws of the adjusting cocks 29, the crooks will then
all lie in the grooves of the hooks, then raise the looping wire up between
the hooks with the handle 31, move the leaver L, the point of which
goes into
the eye L in the bar Fig. 44, and conveys it to the right or left at discretion,
move the looping wires down between the hooks, and put the threads on the
crooks by holding the bar, Fig. 25, in a proper direction, then lay the threads
a second time as before with the looping wires. Then bring forward. the
upper axes of the bar, Fig. 25, which are placed in Figs. 61 and 62, on the
swing, and the lower axes which are placed in the springs at 33, pushing the
spring from you with the foot, which must be placed on the bottom part of the
swing at 32 for that purpose. The swing with its contents will then bring
the threads on the crooks over the heads of the hooks, and by that means
form one row of loops. Bring the swing towards you with the foot, which
takes the crooks back in the grooves of the hooks, and the work upon them,
then lay the threads as before over the hooks, and so go on as before to make
chain, chain lace, lines, ropes, cables, nets, or net work.
.
In order to make chain lace, nets, and net work, chain must be made of
any materials and united in manner following:-To unite the loops so as to
form the pattern or mesh, a second crook or uniting bar must be provided
every way like Fig. 28, with a crook cast for every other hook. Take off the
bar you make chain with, and place it in Fig. 57, then put the last-
mentioned crook bar in the place of the former, hold the loops at the
heads of the hooks with the swing, move the swing towards you, which will
place a loop on every crook in this bar.
will permit the loops on the crooks to come
Turn off the stop, Fig. 24, which
entirely off the hooks, by moving

page_text: the swing from you; put a wire between the loops on the crooks and those on
the hooks, and put the loops which are on the crooks on the same hooks the
other loops are on, by moving the swing towards you; there will then be two
loops on every other hook, and this motion will also put the back.loops which
are on the hooks upon the crooks. Draw out the wire, move the swing from
you, which will bring the loops which are on the crooks over those which are
on the hooks quite off the hooks; then move the crook bar sideway, and
put the loops, which are on the crooks upon the empty hooks; then take off
the uniting bar and place it on Fig. 57, and put on the former bar to proceed
with chain, and when you have. made as many loops as you did before you
united, take off the chain bar, and put on the uniting bar again, and take off
the reverse loops to what you did before and unite them; thus, if you first united
A and B, C and D, now unite B and C, and so proceed to change as frequent
as you unite, by which means you make the complete fishing net mesh. Lines,
ropes, and cables may be made of chain, either single or any number of the
chain threads put together, and worked into chain repeatedly until the size
required is obtained,. fit for strong ropes and cables, to perform which it will
require strong machines and a proportionable. power to work them.
In making platted work the following Figures are not made use of, viz*:-
Fig. 24, Fig. 29, No. 2, Fig. 43, Fig. 44, Fig. 45, Fig. 46, Fig. 47, Fig. 48,
Fig. 49, Fig. 50, Fig. 51, Fig. 53, and Fig. 56. To make platted work,
plain or figured lace, the threads must be put at the front of Fig. 55, and
placed on the hooks at one end, and on Fig. 65 at the other end by loops tied
for that purpose. The length of these threads is determined at pleasure. Work
as before described with the bars Fig. 25 and 28, with a crook to every other
hook; with those crooks take off every other thread by means of the swing, as
before described. In uniting the chain put in the wire Fig. 54, move the
crook bar sideway to the right, and put the threads which are on the crooks
on the empty hooks; move the bar one hook to the left, then take the other
loops with the crooks, bring them forward with the swing, and put in a second
wire; move the crooks to the left, and put the threads on the empty hooks;
by thus moving the crook bar once to the right and once to the left, the sliding
crook, Fig. 38, which is fixed in metal, takes the selvage thread and puts it
on the next hook inward, so that when all the other crooks move two hooks
sideway the sliding crooks move only one hook sideway, alternately, and by
that means brings back the selvage thread, which would otherwise work off the
hooks one by one.. The scales and indexes are placed to direct the workman
to make the different movements with greater certainty. The wires are put
in by a boy or girl, who also drives the work
up therewith..

page_text: When plain and figured lace are made, crook bars must be provided for
that purpose, with the crooks cast according to the pattern you intend to make
as fancy directs, and the threads twisted round each other by moving with the
crooks.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard March, have hereunto set and
put my hand and seal, the Twenty-seventh day of November, in the
twenty-fifth year of the reign of His said Majesty King George the
Third, and in the year of our Lord Christ One thousand seven hundred
and eighty-four.