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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Lombe, Thomas, Sir, 1685-1739.

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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.