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British Northrop S Model loom. Large numbers of Northrop type looms were manufactured by the British Northrop Loom Company at its factory in Blackburn, Lancashire. F Model: 30" to 120" for weaving cotton sheeting, woollens, worsteds, blankets; D Model: 30" to 70" for dress goods, dobby medium weight cloths, rain coatings
British Northrop Loom Co Ltd was an engineering firm based in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. The company manufactured machinery for producing textiles, particularly the Northrop Loom. [1] It expanded rapidly around the time of the First World War, and by the 1950s it exported over 10,000 machines annually worldwide. [2]
Northrop Corporation, an American aircraft manufacturer formed in 1939 Northrop Grumman , an American aircraft manufacturer formed in 1994 as a merger of the above company with Grumman Northrop Loom , an American designed weaving loom
The company developed two shuttle-changing looms, the Rhoades in 1888 and the Northrop in 1889. The prototypes were given field tests at the Seaconnett Mills in Fall River, Massachusetts with encouraging results. The Northrop was named after its inventor, James H. Northrop who had emigrated from Keighley, Yorkshire, England in 1881. Northrop ...
Northrop was given a loom to test his idea. By May 20 he had concluded that his first idea was not practical, and had thought of another idea, On July 5, the completed loom was running, and as it seemed to have more advantages than the Rhoades loom. The Northrop device was given a mill trial in October 1889 at the Seaconnett Mills in Fall River ...
Operating profit margins for Northrop's space business reached 12%, making it now Northrop's second most profitable business (after mission systems, which earned 13.8%).
Defense contractor Northrop Grumman told its employees that about 1,000 jobs could be cut in Southern California after lost a big satellite contract.
A Northrop loom manufactured by Draper Corporation in the textile museum, Lowell, Massachusetts. A power loom is a mechanized loom, and was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving during the early Industrial Revolution. The first power loom was designed and patented in 1785 by Edmund Cartwright. [1]