 Needles are said to have been first made in England by a native of India, in 1545, but the art was lost at his death ; it was, however, recovered by Christopher Greening, in 1560, who was settled with his three children, Elizabeth, John, and Thomas, by...  Book of Trades Or Library of the Useful Arts - Page 2661818 - 442 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Industrial arts - 1818 - 578 pages
...shortly after recovered by Christopher Greening, who, with his three children, were settled by Mr. Damcr, ancestor of the present Lord Milton, at Long Crendon,...betweens, and blunts. They are distinguished as Common and IPJiitechapel, from the latter being of better quality, and having^ C cut upon each needle, we apprehend... | |
 | Thomas Tegg - Chronology, Historical - 1824 - 356 pages
...three children, Elizabeth, John, and Thomas, by Mr. Damer, ancestor of the present earl of Dorchester, at Long Crendon, in Bucks, where the manufactory has been carried on from that time to this present day. Negro adventure, the first to America, by the Spaniards, 1506; the first from England,... | |
 | John S. Skinner - 1829 - 436 pages
...Elizabeth, John, and Thomas, by Mr. Darner, ancestor of the present earl of Dorchester, at Long Gredon, in Bucks, where the manufactory has been carried on from that time to this present day. MORRIS, ROBERT, born in January 1733—4 OS in Lancashire, arrived in this country... | |
 | Tablet - 1838 - 302 pages
...Elizabeth, John, and Thomas, by Mr. Darner, ancestor of the present earl of Dorchester, at Long Grendon, in Bucks, where the manufactory has been carried on from that time to the present day Nervous system (functions of) first discovered, 1792 New Forest in Hampshire, made 1081 New-river... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone, Mary Margaret Stanley Egerton Countess of Wilton - Embroidery - 1841 - 424 pages
...Greening, in 1560, who was settled with his three children, Elizabeth, John, and Thomas, by Mr. Damar, ancestor of the present Lord Milton, at Long Crendon,...has been carried on from that time to the present period.* Thus our readers will remark, that until far on in the sixteenth century, there was not a... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone - 1841 - 446 pages
...Greening, in 1560, who was settled with his three children, Elizabeth, John, and Thomas, by Mr. Damar, ancestor of the present Lord Milton, at Long Crendon,...has been carried on from that time to the present period.* Thus our readers will remark, that until far on in the sixteenth century, there was not a... | |
 | John Platts - Curiosities and wonders - 1876 - 986 pages
...Greening, in 1560, who was settled, with his three children, Elizabeth, John, and Thomas, by Dr. Damar, ancestor of the present Lord Milton, at Long Crendon,...has been carried on from that time to the present day. CURIOSITIES RESPECTING SHOES. — Among the Jews, shqes were made of leather, linen, rush, or... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 464 pages
...was lost at his death : it was, however, recovered by Christopher Greening in 1560, who was settled at Long Crendon in Bucks, where the manufactory has been carried on from that time to the present moment. ORIGINS AND INVENTIONS. ORIGIN OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. — It has been asserted that... | |
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