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Combing is a
method for
preparing carded fibre for spinning.
Combing aligns fibers in
parallel before spinning to
produce a smoother, stronger, and more...
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woollen industry and the
method that St
Blaise was martyred, with the
woolcomb. Due to
reorganisation the
school closed down when
Catholic middle schools...
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calicoes were
built by the
river in the late 18th century.
Later woolcombing and
worsted spinning were introduced. By the mid 19th
century 500 inhabitants...
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industry was
established and Long
Buckby became a
centre of
weaving and
woolcombing.
After 1800 this went into
decline and was
replaced by a
thriving shoemaking...
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bombazine while the
settlers of 1575 were more
skilled in wool-weaving,
woolcombing, spinning, and dyeing. They were
permitted to
manufacture according to...
- thereto. (Repealed by
Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008 (c. 12)) Cartwright's
Woolcombing Machinery Act 1801 41 Geo. 3. (U.K.) c. c****iii 2 July 1801 Hull and...
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spinning mill at the age of ten, then five
years later moved to a
woolcombing mill. He
studied in his
limited spare time, and won a
scholarship to...
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custom of "Free Bench" was
practised here. It was once a
centre for the
woolcombing industry. Many of the
older houses in the
village are
built of cob. The...
- 1938:
kinematics of the
gears Frédéric
Quinson - Aix, 1847:
invented a
woolcombing machine for silk s**** Jean-Baptiste
Monnier - Châlons, 1828:
first sugar...
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mostly dependent upon
agriculture in
addition to
local trade of leather,
woolcombing and in
later years, malting.
There are many
attractive old buildings...
