Insight into the economic and social conditions of West Yorkshire, especially pertaining to the region's woollen and worsted industries, Brearley worked in Wakefield as a cloth frizzer, operating a mill which put a fine raised nap on woolen cloth by running it between two boards covered with sand. Many of the entries in his memorandum book reflect his familiarity with the region's woollen and worsted industries, covering the making of particular kinds of cloth, dyeing a particular colour, merchant's activities, and cloth ...
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Insight into the economic and social conditions of West Yorkshire, especially pertaining to the region's woollen and worsted industries, Brearley worked in Wakefield as a cloth frizzer, operating a mill which put a fine raised nap on woolen cloth by running it between two boards covered with sand. Many of the entries in his memorandum book reflect his familiarity with the region's woollen and worsted industries, covering the making of particular kinds of cloth, dyeing a particular colour, merchant's activities, and cloth markets, domestic and foreign. Many entries describe, and often show diagrams of, machines and inventions; others -- ranging from recipes for ketchup and bread, to get-rich-quick schemes, to observations on women, drinking, and the martial habits of merchants -- provide a flavour of life in the pre-industrial north at the beginning of George III's reign.
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Add this copy of Woollen Manufacturing in Yorkshire: the Memorandum to cart. $32.75, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2001 by Yorkshire Archaeological Society.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 650grams, ISBN: 9780902122888.
