Harry Potter’s Morning Light

  Chapter 2007 Thickness of the Crucible (2)

  The convoy arrived at Dieppe at about 4 pm, and the mayor and officials greeted them.

  At this time, the workshop was not off work, so they visited the place before they lived.

  Georgina didn't plan to go together, but if she didn't go, no one would take her to the place to live. She chose the latter between waiting in the carriage and following up to visit. In fact, Dieppe is more famous for the ivory trade and sculpture art than the textile industry. The ivory boxes that Matilda bought in Le Havre can be seen everywhere in Dieppe.

  In addition to ordinary jewelry boxes, there are ivory candle holders, chess, sailing decorations, and even wine glasses and combs.

  Even though she knew that these ivory products were bloody, she still reluctantly gave up on a group of chess, but in the end reason defeated the urge to buy, and she followed the others to the next location.

   "Georgina." Bonaparte pointed to the port not far away and said, "Look, there are fish."

  She stared at him blankly.

  She knew that there were not only fish, but also oysters and octopuses, because it was a seafood market, but she only said that she wanted to eat fish once. How could he remember?

  Now all the people who followed him on the tour laughed, as if she was a cat who loves to eat fish.

  The fish and oysters in Paris also came from Dilop. At this moment, she suddenly discovered something and went to a cloth selling booth to check.

  Most people look at clothing. Most of the fabrics come from the talents of wholesalers and clothing dealers. Mortier's family is also in this business, and he followed over to join in the fun.

  Georgiana took out two pieces of cloth and gestured.

  "Why are they not the same length?" Georgiana asked the store.

  The store owner was questioned.

  "Why are they not the same length?" Georgiana asked again.

   "No one stipulates this." Mortier said, "Aren't they all the same?"

  "Isn't the size of the printing machine regulated?" She took a small piece of cloth in her hand, "Is it possible to print like this?"

  Mortier was taken aback.

  "This depends on the size of the worktable and the size of the mold." Sharptal said, "If the size is different, you can change the table."

  "Will continuous printing be affected by the length?" Georgiana asked again.

  Sharptal stopped talking this time.

  "Is there no regulations on the length and width of cloth?" Georgiana asked.

  "The machine weaves is as wide as it is wide." Sharptal said, "The length depends on the amount of yarn."

   "Then you can limit the length and width." Georgiana stuffed the cloth into Sharptal's hands. "There is also the quality of the yarn. If there is not enough cotton, you can return it."

   "Spread the two pieces of cloth." Bonaparte ordered.

  Four people spread out the two wrapped cloths.

  It is obvious that the width and length of the two pieces of cloth are not the same.

   "How could this be?" Georgiana asked Sharptal.

   "When the customs imports cotton and wool products, they use statistical weight." Sharptal said, "Will the weight of the two pieces of cloth be the same?"

  Someone immediately borrowed the scale. The weights of the two pieces of cloth are slightly different, but they are basically about the same weight.

  "Retail is calculated by yard, one yard is 1 shilling and 2 pence." The owner of the cloth shop said, "Ten years ago, it was 3 shillings and a yard."

   "Did it drop so much?" Georgiana asked in surprise.

  The boss shrugged.

  "Cut them down to a yard and measure them." Sharptal ordered.

Only the boss is personally responsible for this. With the tearing of the cloth, the two pieces are both one yard long, but the weight of the cotton cloth with different widths on the scale is obviously different, and the wide one is obviously heavier. a lot of.

   "There are many people working in this industry, and the width of the loom is different." Sharptal said, "Some machines will be wider, some will be narrower."

   "Is there any difference?" Georgiana asked.

  "Look, this cloth is divided into warp and weft..."

  "The wool textile industry has this rule, wide-faced and narrow-faced." Mortier said to Bonaparte, "the cotton textile industry does not seem to have this rule."

   "Go on." Bonaparte stared at Sharptal and said.

"The yarn spun by a hydraulic spinning machine is strong but slightly thicker. Although the yarn spun by a multi-axis spinning machine is thin, it is easy to break. Therefore, the warp yarn is usually spun by the hydraulic spinning machine in the factory, and the weft yarn is multi-axis spinning. The yarn is spun by the yarn machine, and the cheesecloth is woven in this way. The weft yarn can be produced not only by machinery, but also by cottage industry. So the factory competes with cottage industry." Sharptal pointed to the rip where the boss had torn the cloth and said, "You Look, these are the weft threads that are broken. If you change the direction, it won’t be so easy to tear."

   Mortier took the piece of cloth, and it seemed relatively easy to tear it open with the strength of his soldiers.

   "Take it back and experiment." Bonaparte looked at Sharptal again. "Go on."

"I remember a patent case occurred in 1788. At that time, Arkwright’s hydraulic spinning patent expired, and Watt invented a steam-powered spinning machine. The previous factories were built along the river. The steam engine liberated this The number of workshops has increased rapidly,” Sharptal recalled. “But the yarn production speed has increased, but the spinning speed has not kept up, so the yarn has to be sold abroad.”

   "I'll talk about these later, you talk about the others first." Bonaparte said.

"Later there was a weaver named Samuel Crompton. He combined Acryt’s hydro-spinning machine with the improved Jenny multi-axis spinning machine to form a new machine that could produce Thin and strong thread, he called this machine a mule machine, it is not driven by a mule, but a mule is the product of a donkey and a horse, if the thread of the hydro-spinning machine allows the British to weave Indian white cotton cloth , Then the yarn produced by the spinning machine can be used to make fine cotton cloth. It increases the price of cotton from raw materials to finished products by nearly 1,000%, and it is women and children who are responsible for making them."

  "Do you have such a machine?" Bonaparte asked the mayor of Dieppe.

   "No, this kind of machine is forbidden to be exported, and visitors are not allowed," said the mayor of Dieppe.

   "1000%? No wonder." Georgiana whispered.

"There are even higher ones." Sharptal whispered to Georgiana, and then he looked at Bonaparte. Although the working principle is the same, no one specifies the size, because muslin is a new industry for the UK, and because of the explosive development brought about by machine improvements, there is no other control other than competition and personal interests. In the wool industry, the so-called old industry, many traditions and manufacturing regulations must be followed. Just as Louis XIV ordered the soap in Marseilles to use olive oil and plant ash, the Maasai people also followed this tradition and manufacturing regulations. Animal hair Unlike cotton, which needs to be degreased, and varies in thickness and fineness according to the physique of the animal. Machines can’t completely replace the artificial hair. The factory owner still has to rely on those skilled grooming workers, but if the machine is innovated, it doesn’t have to be. Now the price of woolen cloth is much more expensive than cotton."

   "Take me to your factory." Bonaparte said.

  "Are the rules for wide and narrow cloths so strict?" Georgiana asked Sharptal.

"The rules are set by people." Sharptal said with a smile. "The point is that there are no rules for the cotton textile industry in the UK. Freedom is an indispensable driving force for technological progress. Once that freedom is lost, it will compete with the wool industry. The textile industry has also lost its vitality."

  After he finished speaking, he carried his hands behind his back and left with the others.

  (End of this chapter)