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( J( o. 26. APR./ L, 1904.


We print above a photo of a ticket of membership in


one of the old Scotch Weaving Guilds. The original was


kindly furnished us by Mr. Elias Richards of the Maginnis


Mills, New Orleans.


Mr. Richards also sent us an old volume containing


numbers of The Glasgow Mechanics' Magazine. There is


an interesting letter from a power- loom tenter, written to


the magazine in April, 1824, which throws light on the


question of loom speed, and is signifIcant, in view of mod­ern


developments. I quote several paragraphs:


" Sir- AlIIong the 71la1ty snbjects yon have disCltSsed,


. l ~ vcrs chiejiy inte1' ested with the engram' 1tg and descrip­hon


of the paleut 10011/, crud . l beg leave to oller the fol-

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