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Jenks' Portland Gazette
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
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Detailed account of the silk mills in Derby, England, describing a massive machine with 26,500 wheels and 97,746 movements, powered by a water wheel that twists 73,728 yards of silk per rotation, producing 318,504,900 yards in 24 hours. The machine operates continuously except Sundays and allows independent stopping of parts.
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The water wheel is kept constantly going: But on Sundays it is disengaged from all the rest of the work.
Any part of these movements may be stopped without the least prejudice, or interruption of the rest.
Wond'rous Machine! thy curious fabric shows.
How far the pow'r of human wisdom goes.
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Derby In England
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In these mills are 26,50 wheels, and 97,746 movements, continually working except on Sundays. This grand machine is disposed in four stories of large rooms, above each other: and the whole is actuated by one great water wheel, which goes round three times in a minute. In each time of its going round, 73,728 yards of silk are twisted, so that in twenty-four hours 318,504,900 yards are executed. The water wheel is kept constantly going: But on Sundays it is disengaged from all the rest of the work. Any part of these movements may be stopped without the least prejudice, or interruption of the rest. Wond'rous Machine! thy curious fabric shows. How far the pow'r of human wisdom goes.