weaver will disable the machine and undertake to correct the error, typically by replacing the bobbin of filler thread in as little time as possible. They are trained that, ideally, no machine should stop working for more than one minute, with faster turnaround times being preferred.

History

The first ideas for an automatic loom had been developed in 1684 by M. de Gennes in Paris and by Vaucanson in 1745, but were forgotten. In 1785, Edmund Cartwright

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