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Thomas Lombe
English merchant and inventor of silk-throwing machinery
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A brief state of the case relating to the machine erected at Derby for making Italian organzine silk : which was discover'd and brought into England, with the utmost difficulty and hazard, and at the sole expence of Sir Thomas Lombe.
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Date: 1732
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An Act for providing a recompense to Sir Thomas Lombe, for discovering and introducing the arts of making and working the three capital Italian engines for making organzine silk , and for preserving the invention for the benefit of this kingdom.
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Great Britain
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Date: 1732
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