<p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Science_and_Industry_(Manchester)" class="extiw" title="w:Museum of Science and Industry (Manchester)">Museum of Science and Industry (Manchester)</a> contains a collection of textile machines that demonstrate the whole process used in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_mill" class="extiw" title="w:Cotton mill">Cotton mill</a>, and a few key eighteenth century machines.
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A ribbon loom with Jacquard head constructed by T Wilkinson &amp; Co of Coventry around 1900.
Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent.
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