Contributions from
The Museum of History and Technology:
Paper 1
The Scholfield Wool-Carding Machines
Grace L. Rogers
| [PRIMITIVE CARDING] | 3 |
| [THE FIRST MECHANICAL CARDS] | 5 |
| [JOHN AND ARTHUR SCHOLFIELD] | 8 |
| [THE NEWBURYPORT WOOLEN MANUFACTORY] | 9 |
| [THE SCHOLFIELD MACHINES] | 12 |
Figure 1.—An Original Scholfield Wool-Carding Machine, built by Arthur Scholfield or under his immediate direction between 1803 and 1814, as exhibited in the hall of textiles of the U.S. National Museum (cat. no. T11100). The exhibits in this hall are part of those being prepared for the enlarged hall of textiles in the new Museum of History and Technology now under construction. (Smithsonian photo 45396.)
By Grace L. Rogers