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He was the first to apply the jointed die stop, hung on centres. A Mr. Coates of Springfield, Mass. , made the first machine for making endless doffer-rings, in 1852 or 1853. He took out letters patent for it in 1854. William B. Earle, now living at the age of eighty-five, commenced building card machines in 1828. In 1837 he received a silver medal from the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association for a card-sticking machine. Some of the machines in use by the T. K. Earle Manufactur- ing C...ompany, Worcester, were made by him. Great credit is due to the names of Addison Arnold, Na- than Ainsworth, David McFarland, Austin Conklin, Augustus B. Prouty, David O. Woodman, Charles Ballard and Oliver Arnold, for the progress which has been made in the card-clothing industry. APPENDIX. 1738. John Wyatt's patent on Cotton-Spinning Machine. 1743. John Kaye invented Fly Shuttle. 1748. Lewis Paul patented Cylinder Card for card- ing cotton. 1754. Eleazer Smith born in Medford, Mass. 1759. Amos Whittemore born in Cambridge, Mass.
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