1ST See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

BARON See also:

• SAMUEL

SAMUEL CUNLIFFE See also:

• LISTER, JOSEPH LISTER
• LISTER, MARTIN (c. 1638-1712)

LISTER See also:

• MASHAM, ABIGAIL, LADY (d. 1734)
• 1ST BARON SAMUEL CUNLIFFE LISTER MASHAM (1815–Igo6)

MASHAM (1815–Igo6)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English inventor, See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• CALVERLEY, CHARLES STUART (1831–1884)

Calverley See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall, near See also:

• BRADFORD
• BRADFORD, JOHN (1510?—1555)
• BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1590—1657)
• BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1663—1752)
• BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1827—1892)

Bradford, on the 1st of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1815, was the See also:

• FOURTH

fourth son of See also:

• ELLIS (originally SHARPE), ALEXANDER JOHN (1814-189o)
• ELLIS, GEORGE (1753-1815)
• ELLIS, ROBINSON (1834- )
• ELLIS, SIR HENRY (1777-1869)
• ELLIS, WILLIAM (1794 – 1872)

Ellis Cunliffe (1774–1853), who successively took the names of See also:

• LISTER, JOSEPH LISTER
• LISTER, MARTIN (c. 1638-1712)

Lister and Lister-See also:

• KAY, JOHN (1742-1826)
• KAY, JOSEPH (1821-1878)

Kay, and was the first member of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament elected for Bradford after the Reform See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act of 1832 . It was at first proposed that he should take orders, but he preferred a business career and became a clerk at See also:

• LIVERPOOL
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS OF

Liverpool . In 1838 he and his See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder See also:

• BROTHER

brother See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John started as worsted spinners and manufacturers in a new See also:

• MILL
• MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
• MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
• MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
• MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)

mill which their See also:

• FATHER

father built for them at Manningham, and about five years later he turned his See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to the problem of See also:

• MECHANICAL

mechanical See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool-combing, which, in spite of the efforts of E . See also:

• CARTWRIGHT, EDMUND (1743–1823)
• CARTWRIGHT, JOHN (1740–1824)
• CARTWRIGHT, PETER (1785–1872)
• CARTWRIGHT, SIR RICHARD JOHN (1835– )
• CARTWRIGHT, THOMAS (c. 1535–1603)
• CARTWRIGHT, WILLIAM (1611–1643)

Cartwright and numerous other inventors, still awaited a satisfactory See also:

• SOLUTION (from Lat. solvere, to loosen, dissolve)

solution . Two years of hard See also:

• WORK

work spent in modifying and improving existing devices enabled him to produce a See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine which worked well, and subsequently he consolidated his position by buying up See also:

• RIVAL

rival See also:

• PATENTS

patents, as well as by taking out additional ones of his own . His combing See also:

• MACHINES

machines came into such demand that though they were made for only £200 apiece he was able to sell them for £1200, and the saving they effected in the cost of See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production not only brought about a reduction in the See also:

• PRICE
• PRICE, BARTHOLOMEW (1818–1898)
• PRICE, BONAMY (1807-1888)
• PRICE, RICHARD (1723-1791)

price of clothing, but in consequence of the increase in the sales created the See also:

• NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

necessity for new supplies of wool, and thus contributed to the development of Australian See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep-farming . In 1855 he was sent a See also:

• SAMPLE (through the O. Fr. essemple, from Lat. exemplum; a doublet of " example ")

sample of See also:

• SILK

silk See also:

• WASTE (O. Fr. wast, guast, gast, gaste; Lat. vastus, vast, desolate)

waste (the refuse See also:

• LEFT

left in reeling silk from the cocoons) and asked whether he could find a way of utilizing the fibre it contained . The task occupied his See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time for many years and brought him to the See also:

• VERGE (Lat. virga, a rod)

verge of See also:

• BANKRUPTCY (from Lat. bancus or Fr. banquet table or counter, and Lat. ruptus, broken)

bankruptcy, but at last he succeeded in perfecting silk-combing appliances which enabled him to make See also:

• YARN

yarn that in one See also:

• YEAR

year sold for 23s. a See also:

• POUND
• POUND (2)—(a)

pound, though produced from raw material costing only 6d. or Is. a pound . Another important and lucrative invention in connexion with silk manufacture was his See also:

• VELVET

velvet See also:

• LOOM

loom for piled fabrics; and this, with the silk See also:

• COMB (a word common in various forms to Teut. languages, cf. Ger. Kamm, the Indo-Europ. origin of which is seen in yoµros, a peg or pin, and Sanskrit, gambhas, a tooth)

comb worked at his Manningham mill, yielded him an See also:

• ANNUAL

annual income of £200,000 for many years . But the business was seriously affected by the prohibitory duties imposed by See also:

• AMERICA

America, and this was one See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason why be was an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early and determined critic of the See also:

• BRITISH

British policy of See also:

• FREE

free imports . In 1891 he was made a peer; he took his See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title from the little See also:

• YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• MASHAM, ABIGAIL, LADY (d. 1734)
• MASHAM, SAMUEL CUNLIFFE LISTER, 1ST BARON (1815–Igo6)

Masham, See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close to which is See also:

• SWINTON

Swinton See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park, See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased by him in 1888 . In 1886 an See also:

• ALBERT
• ALBERT (1490'1545)
• ALBERT (149o-1568)
• ALBERT (1522–1557)
• ALBERT (FRANCIS CHARLES AUGUSTUS ALBERT EMMANUEL) (1819—1861)
• ALBERT (FRIEDRICH RUDOLF ALBRECHT)
• ALBERT, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
• ALBERT, MADAME (c. 2805—2846)

Albert See also:

• MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal was awarded him for his inventions, which were mostly related to the textile See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries, though he occasionally diverged to other subjects, such as an See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air-See also:

• BRAKE

brake for See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways .

He was fond of outdoor See also:

• SPORTS
• SPORTS, THE BOOK OF

sports, especially See also:

• COURSING (from Lat. cursus, currere, to run)

coursing and See also:

• SHOOTING

shooting, and was a keen See also:

• PATRON

patron of the See also:

• FINE

fine arts . He died at Swinton Park on the 2nd of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1906, and was succeeded in the title by his son .