Finishing Roving Frame, by Platt, Brothers & Co. Oldham', 1874. Artist: GB Smith.

Finishing Roving Frame, by Platt, Brothers & Co. Oldham', 1874. Artist: GB Smith.

2-641-019 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Finishing Roving Frame, by Platt, Brothers & Co. Oldham', 1874. The Roving Frame winds spindles with thread. Platt Bros & Co manufactured textile machinery and by the end of the 19th century, the company had become the largest textile machinery manufacturer in the world. From Popular Encyclopedia or Conversations Lexicon, by A. Whitelaw. [Blackie & Son, Limited, London, Glasgow & Edinburgh, 1874]


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People Information

Creator
  1. GB Smith: British: Artist, printmaker
People Related
  1. Richard Roberts: British: Mechanical engineer, inventor
  2. A Whitelaw: British: Publisher
  3. Blackie & Son: Scottish: Publisher
  4. Platt Brothers: British: machine manufacturers

Medium
  1. Engraving

Picture Type
  1. Object

Category Hierarchy

Science & Nature Technology & Innovation

Trade & Industry Manufacturing & Heavy Industry

History & Politics Artefacts


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5112x3114
File Size : 46,638kb


Aliases

  1. 0580038186
  1. 2-641-019
  1. 2641019

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