This is to acquaint the curious. : There is to be seen in a commodious room, at the sign of the [blank] in this town Nevill's Grand Machinery. Where those who are endowed with the noble spirit of curiosity, and all lovers of sound integrity may have the pleasure of seeing this wonderful piece of work, which may be called the wonder of the world; the like performance was never exhibited to public view; which is now brought to perfection; and by virtue of the mechanical powers, upwards of three thousand different movements, and by figures one foot and a half high, working as natural as life, which presents all the different branches of the woollen manufactory, from the sheeps back to the making and dressing a piece of cloth and stuff...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nevill, Edmund, from Norwich

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Machinery--Early works to 1800.

Machinery.

Genre:

Advertisements.

Physical Description:

1 sheet : illustrations (woodcut) ; 1/2⁰

Place of Publication:

[London?] : [publisher not identified], [1750?]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

The blank space is meant to be completed in MS.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T226710.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.