Loom
Date
1678
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
Object type
Article identifier
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 213mm
width (page): 150mm
width (page): 150mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Figure depicting a handloom, with detail views of the handle and shuttle.
Inscribed: 'Trans: No. 140
Shuttle
The arm carring the Shuttle
Serpent'
Illustration to ‘A new engine to make linen-cloth without the help of artificer, presented to the Royal Academy, by Monsieur de Gennes, an officer belonging to the sea. Extracted out of the journal de scavans’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 12, issue 140 (August 1678).
Inscribed: 'Trans: No. 140
Shuttle
The arm carring the Shuttle
Serpent'
Illustration to ‘A new engine to make linen-cloth without the help of artificer, presented to the Royal Academy, by Monsieur de Gennes, an officer belonging to the sea. Extracted out of the journal de scavans’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 12, issue 140 (August 1678).
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