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  2. Textile manufacture during the British Industrial Revolution

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    Early industrialized region at Barmen in the Wupper Valley, 1870 - painting by August von Wille. Textile manufacture during the British Industrial Revolution was centred in south Lancashire and the towns on both sides of the Pennines in the United Kingdom. The main drivers of the Industrial Revolution were textile manufacturing, iron founding ...

  3. Moxon Huddersfield - Wikipedia

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    In the 1910s, it traded under the name of B. H. Moxon & Sons and was located at Springfield Mills, Kirkburton, near Huddersfield. At that time it patented an improvement to the dobby loom. In the 1930s, it was exporting to Japan and the United States. In 1950, it moved to a new 60,000 sq ft (5,600 m 2) site in Kirkburton.

  4. List of fabrics - Wikipedia

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    Fabrics in this list include fabrics that are woven, braided or knitted from textile fibres. A. Aertex; Alençon lace; Antique satin; Argentan lace ...

  5. History of clothing and textiles - Wikipedia

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    The study of the history of clothing and textiles traces the development, use, and availability of clothing and textiles over human history. Clothing and textiles reflect the materials and technologies available in different civilizations at different times. The variety and distribution of clothing and textiles within a society reveal social ...

  6. Finishing (textiles) - Wikipedia

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    Finishing (textiles) In textile manufacturing, finishing refers to the processes that convert the woven or knitted cloth into a usable material and more specifically to any process performed after dyeing the yarn or fabric to improve the look, performance, or "hand" (feel) of the finish textile or clothing. [ 1][ 2] The precise meaning depends ...

  7. Time in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The United Kingdom experimentally adopted Central European Time by maintaining Summer Time throughout the year from 1968 to 1971. [7] In a House of Lords debate, Richard Butler, 17th Viscount Mountgarret said that the change was welcomed at the time, but the experiment was eventually halted after a debate in 1971, [ 8 ] in which the outcome ...

  8. Textile manufacturing by pre-industrial methods - Wikipedia

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    Textile manufacturing by pre-industrial methods. Textile manufacturing is one of the oldest human activities. The oldest known textiles date back to about 5000 B.C. In order to make textiles, the first requirement is a source of fibre from which a yarn can be made, primarily by spinning. The yarn is processed by knitting or weaving to create cloth.

  9. Units of textile measurement - Wikipedia

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    l/m = 1693 × l m /Nec × m/kg, where l/m is the yarn length in metres, l m /Nec is the English cotton count and m/kg is the yarn weight in kilograms. The following length units are defined. Bundle: usually 10 lb (4.5 kg) Thread: a length of 54 in (1.4 m)—the circumference of a warp beam; Lea: 120 yd (110 m) Hank: a length of 7 leas or 840 yd ...