This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 Excerpt: ...a pile of silk waste. "Silk waste!" he said; "what do you do with it?" "Sell it for rubbish," was the answer; "that is all that it is good for." And, certainly, that did seem to be about the truth of the matter, for anything more unpleasant to the eye or more disagreeable to the smell it would have been difficult to ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 Excerpt: ...a pile of silk waste. "Silk waste!" he said; "what do you do with it?" "Sell it for rubbish," was the answer; "that is all that it is good for." And, certainly, that did seem to be about the truth of the matter, for anything more unpleasant to the eye or more disagreeable to the smell it would have been difficult to imagine. It was nothing more or better than a mass of knotty, dirty, impure stuff, consisting of the waste made from the manufacture of neat silk and pierced cocoons, and looked like mutilated ropes, unclean flocks, or mucilaginous hemp, and was choked with sticks and leaves, and dead silkworms. But unwholesome and offensive as it seemed, it set Mr. Lister's imagination at work, and bred in him such dreams and fancies that he could not pass it by. He tumbled it about, handled it, and partially disentangled a few handfuls of it, and wound up by making an offer of a halfpenny a pound for the "rubbish." The offer was gladly accepted, and in due course the silk waste found its way to Manningham Mills. Up to this time Mr. Lister had confined his energies solely to the processes of the worsted trade; of the silk trade or silk machinery he knew little or nothing. While the heap of waste lay in his warehouse awaiting his decision regarding it, however, he set himself to acquire a full knowledge of the condition of the silk manufacture both at home and abroad. Nowhere could he find that any attempt had been made to utilise silk waste. All the world over it was treated--Mr. Lister And The Silk Waste. 201 as he had seen it treated in the London warehouse--as " rubbish." This was exactly what he wanted, so, without more ado, he turned to his heap of waste and made the resolve that he would invent a...
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Add this copy of The Romance of Invention: Vignettes From the Annals of to cart. $50.00, very good condition, Sold by Clausen Books, RMABA rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Colorado Springs, CO, UNITED STATES, published 1886 by Cassell & Company, Limited.
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six illustrations by Gordon Browne. Near Fine. Hardcover. 12mo over 6¾" 7¾" tall. Immaculate and tight textblock and binding; brown end papers, perfect at the gutters; three-line ink gift inscription on second ffep, dated London, Christmas, 1887; binding very clean and bright, lightly bumped and worn at the spine extremities and corners. 376pp., including index, plus ads.
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